Weak ties: a mechanism for helping women expand their social networks and increase their capital |
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| Institution: | 1. The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire;2. Department of Medicine, Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire;3. Department of Community and Family Medicine, Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire;4. Department of Cardiology, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville, Spain;5. Hospital São Lucas, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;6. Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark;7. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben, Switzerland;8. Division of Cardiology, Misericordia e Dolce Hospital, Prato, Italy;9. Fletcher Allen Health Care, University of Vermont School of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont;1. Department of Biomedical Science, Malmö University, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden;2. Biofilms - Research Center for Biointerfaces, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden;3. Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden;4. Infectious Diseases Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden;5. Department of Food Technology, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden;1. Department of Economics, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI, 48859, United States;2. Department of Business Information Systems, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI 4885, United States;3. Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, Kings College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK;1. TAGlab, University of Toronto, Canada;2. University of Lisbon, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, CAPP – Centre for Public Administration and Policies, Rua Almerindo Lessa, 1300-663 Lisboa, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | This paper proposes a model for helping women expand their opportunities by using weak ties. It discusses social support networks and their impact on women’s ability to expand their social connections and increase access to opportunities, resources, and jobs, thus supporting the importance of whom one knows. It presents the context in which women seek opportunities and presents “weak ties” as a mechanism for helping women to move beyond their immediate social networks to connect to persons with diverse resources. It discusses human, social, cultural, political, and economic capital and suggests ways women can increase these forms of capital in a model that suggests incorporating opportunities for women to come together and help each other to identify and utilize resources. |
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