Browsing by Subject "social capital"

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    Bearing More Risk for Results: Performance Accountability and Nonprofit Relational Work
    (SAGE, 2008) Benjamin, Lehn M.; School of Philanthropy
    Performance accountability systems require nonprofits to bear more risk for achieving results. Although a growing body of work has examined nonprofit accountability, less attention has been given to the concept of risk. This article points to a potential conflict between performance accountability frameworks and nonprofit work. This conflict can be best understood as a one between managing risk in task-driven relationships, in which relationships are formed simply to achieve desirable results, and managing risk in developmentally driven relationships, in which performing a task is intended not only to achieve desirable results but also to build enduring capacity to take action on common problems.
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    Organizational Intellectual Capital and the Role of the Nurse Manager. A Proposed Conceptual Model
    (Elsevier, 2017) Gilbert, Jason H.; Von Ah, Diane; Broome, Marion E.; IU School of Nursing
    Background Nurse managers must leverage both the human capital and social capital of the teams they lead in order to produce quality outcomes. Little is known about the relationship between human capital and social capital and how these concepts may work together to produce organizational outcomes through leadership of nurses. Purpose The purpose of this article was to explore the concepts of human capital and social capital as they relate to nursing leadership in health care organizations. Specific aims included (a) to synthesize the literature related to human capital and social capital in leadership, (b) to refine the conceptual definitions of human capital and social capital with associated conceptual antecedents and consequences, and (c) to propose a synthesized conceptual model guiding further empirical research of social capital and human capital in nursing leadership. Methods A systematic integrative review of leadership literature using criteria informed by Whittemore and Knafl (2005) was completed. CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Health Business FullTEXT, MEDLINE, and PsychINFO databases were searched for the years 1995 to 2016 using terms “human capital,” “social capital,” and “management.” Discussion Analysis of conceptual definitions, theoretical and conceptual models, antecedents and consequences, propositions or hypotheses, and empirical support for 37 articles fitting review criteria resulted in the synthesis of the proposed Gilbert Conceptual Model of Organizational Intellectual Capital. Conclusion The Gilbert Conceptual Model of Organizational Intellectual Capital advances the propositions of human capital theory and social capital theory and is the first model to conceptualize the direct and moderating effects that nurse leaders have on the human capital and social capital of the teams they lead. This model provides a framework for further empirical study and may have implications for practice, organizational policy, and education related to nursing leadership.
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    Religion, Politics and the Social Capital of Children
    (2013-07) Friesen, Amanda
    Using a national data set, this study demonstrates that religious traditionalism and political conservatism are positively related to family size and the interactions between these measures result in increased political participation. Combining the social capital of children and religiosity, these findings suggest that choosing to have more children may be based on beliefs about traditional gender roles and the importance of family in society, which in turn result in political engagement around these issues.
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    Social capital and burnout among mental healthcare providers
    (Taylor & Francis, 2018) Eliacin, Johanne; Flanagan, Mindy; Monroe-DeVita, Maria; Wasmuth, Sarah; Salyers, Michelle P.; Rollins, Angela L.; Psychology, School of Science
    Background: Provider burnout is a critical problem in mental health services. Contributing factors have been explicated across three domains: personal, job and organizational characteristics. Of these, organizational characteristics, including workplace environment, appear to be particularly important given that most interventions addressing burnout via the other domains (e.g. bolstering personal coping skills) have been modestly effective at best. Aims: This study builds on previous research by using social capital as a framework for the experience of work social milieu, and aims to provide a richer understanding of how workplace social environment might impact burnout and help create more effective ways to reduce burnout. Methods: Providers (n = 40) taking part in a larger burnout intervention study were randomly selected to take part in interviews regarding their workplace environment and burnout. Participant responses were analyzed thematically. Results: Workplace social milieu revolved around two primary themes: workplace social capital in provider burnout and the protective qualities of social capital in cohesive work teams that appear to mitigate burnout. Conclusions: These results imply that work environments where managers support collaboration and social interaction among work teams may reduce burnout.
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    Social Networks and Charitable Giving: Trusting, Doing, Asking, and Alter Primacy
    (Sage, 2018-04) Herzog, Patricia Snell; Yang, Song; Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
    This study examines social networks and financial giving to charitable or religious causes. Conventional social capital measures of general social trust and size of social network are studied as predictors of charitable giving. To these traditional measures, we add an examination of particular network aspects of giving: ego giving in relation to network alters who give, solicitations to give by network ties, and ego soliciting alters to give. In addition, the study disaggregates alter effects by alter position. Findings indicate that, net of social trust, social network factors significantly predict likelihood of being a giver. In particular, findings are that egos are especially likely to be donors when their primary alter donates. Three configurations of ego–alter giving and solicitations are significant predictors of ego giving, indicating that ego–alter doing matters more than asking. Theoretical contributions for relational and prosocial studies are discussed, as are practical implications for fundraising professionals.
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    Transitioning to Adulthood: An Annotated Bibliography of the PSID-TA Publications
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2020-01) Herzog, Patricia Snell; Bopp, Monica; Watson, Bethany; Hall, Jessica; Sanburn, Karen; Hillier-Geisler, Megan; Fegley, Bryan; Pockette, Chris; Clark, Donna; Albritton, Brenna; Gates, Niki; Klink, Kendra; Brown, Sydney; Wang, Yujue
    This report provides an annotated bibliography of all 100 publications published to date on the Transition to Adulthood Supplement (TAS) of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Of these publications, 79 are articles in peer-reviewed journals, 6 are book chapters, and 15 are doctoral student dissertations. In terms of topic area, 40 publications focus on the impact of economics and socioeconomic status, another 18 study the effect of childhood and youth savings accounts, 41 study educational attainment and college-level outcomes, 32 study health and wellbeing, 20 investigate marriage and family dynamics, 31 explicitly attend to race and ethnicity, 10 study work and occupations, 7 neighborhood effects, 7 social capital and trust, 3 criminal activity, and 5 explicitly engage technology (note: since publications often engage multiple topics, these categories are not mutually-exclusive).
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    Who Can I Turn To? Emotional Support Availability in African American Social Networks
    (MDPI, 2017-09-02) Hood, Sula; Golembiewski, Elizabeth; Benbow, Kyle; Sow, Hadyatoullaye; Sanders Thompson, Vetta; Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health
    African Americans disproportionately experience psychological distress, such as feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and worthlessness and are disproportionately exposed to risk factors associated with mental illness, such as racial discrimination, violence and poverty. To effectively address African Americans’ mental health needs, it is imperative to identify who African Americans turn to when they experience stressors. The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which emotional support is provided within African Americans’ social networks and determine the characteristics of social network members who African Americans rely upon for emotional support. Results indicate that African Americans rely on social network members for spiritual and physical health support more so than emotional support. Among both male and female participants, social network members were significantly more likely to be relied upon for emotional support if they were a non-familial network contact, had a close relationship to the participant, and if they also were someone the participant spoke to about his or her physical health. Findings have implications for the development of culturally-sensitive strategies for increasing emotional support provision within African Americans’ social networks.