Individual social capital: Accessibility and mobilization of resources embedded in social networks |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Chair of Sociology and Empirical Social Research – Sociology of the Labour Market, Department of Business and Economics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Findelgasse 7/9, D-90402 Nuremberg, Germany;2. Research Department – Panel Study “Labour Market and Social Security”, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the Federal Employment Agency (BA), Regensburger Strasse 104, D-90478 Nuremberg, Germany;1. Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH, Guildford, UK;2. LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis, Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40508, USA;3. Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, Arthur Lewis Building, Bridgeford Street, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK;1. MZES, University of Mannheim, A5, 6 Building A, 68159 Mannheim, Germany;2. Xi’an Jiaotong University, China;3. University of Minnesota, United States;1. Department of Sociology, Centre d''Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball (QUIT), Institut d''Estudis del Treball (IET), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain;2. Institute for Sociology, University of Bremen, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The objective of the present paper is to characterize the structure of individual social networks and to provide new insights into the underlying mechanism of individual social capitalization process. In particular, we put to the test three main assumptions underlying Lin’s seminal explanatory model of individual social capital determinants (Lin, 2001). We analyzed the results of an extensive and specifically designed survey on personal networks in Spanish society (OSIM, 2011). Our findings, based on the use of Principal Component Analysis (PCA), regression and structural methods allow us to complement Lin’s general model distinguishing accessibility and mobilization of social resources. Furthermore, the empirical evidence suggests the need for introducing a significant distinction between instrumental-expert and expressive mobilization. Finally, our analysis allows us to identify the main determining factors of both forms of capitalization of personal relations. |
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| Keywords: | Individual social capital General social capital Lin’s model Social capital theory Mobilization of social resources |
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