Social Capital as a Communicative Paradigm

Ginman, Mariam

doi:10.1177/1460458203009001005

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“…Social capital has been put forward to explain knowledge sharing and has been used as a theoretical framework to illuminate motives and enablers of information and knowledge sharing [1,2,3,4]. Social capital provides a framework explaining knowledge sharing mechanisms through the dimensions of structures, relations, and contents.…”

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Social Capital and Knowledge Sharing – Lessons Learned

Widén

2011

Adaptation and Value Creating Collaborative Networks

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Social capital is put forward as a suitable theoretical framework to explain knowledge sharing mechanisms in organizations. The aim of this paper is to summarize lessons learned from different contexts where the social capital dimensions have been used to explain information and knowledge sharing. The contexts studied are mainly within business organizations, virtual worlds, and higher education. The dimensions of social capital have been found useful when exploring knowledge sharing practices. The studies illuminate important aspects on how the combination of structures, relations and contents support sharing. The different cases also underline the importance of the contextual dimension, the role of the social capital dimensions are focused differently depending on context.

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Social Capital and Knowledge Sharing – Lessons Learned

Widén

2011

Adaptation and Value Creating Collaborative Networks

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“…This means that social navigation is an emerging part of information behaviour research where collaborative information behaviour is emphasized (e.g. [15][16][17][18][19][20]). This paper will explore the social capital paradigm as a theoretical framework of knowledge sharing in organizations from an information science perspective.…”

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Explaining knowledge sharing in organizations through the dimensions of social capital

Widén‐Wulff

Ginman

2004

Journal of Information Science

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The increasing complexity of organizations, together with the growing scale of information activities, puts new demands on business corporations. It is believed that investing in social values based on mutuality, trust and respect could yield long-term benefits such as corporate well-being and innovativeness. The benefits are believed to be based on better knowledge sharing, lower transaction costs due to a communicative spirit, and a greater coherence of action. However, the concept of social capital in the field of information behaviour in organizations is new and needs a more solid theoretical framework. The objective of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of how social and informative aspects are anchored to each other and to explore the mechanisms behind knowledge sharing. Possible measures and contexts for this kind of research are suggested.

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“…Inequality has a negative influence on social relationships and leads to uncertainty, stress and lost of trust. In a knowledge-based community everybody is a contributor and knows something useful [38][39][40][41][42][43][44]. Valuable knowledge sharing is therefore not possible if it is not accompanied by mutual trust, values and ethics among the participating parties [43,44].…”

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Health Communication and Knowledge Construction

Ginman

Eriksson‐Backa

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Health Informatics J

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The article reports on a project whose objectives were to analyse the social supply of health information to citizens and to study what they receive and are able to make use of. The results reveal the power, the responsibility and the rulers in and behind today’s media culture in health questions, but also the importance of people’s own active response to transmitted health messages. People who are satisfied with their own health consider it their own responsibility to be interested in health issues and to find and use health information from a great number of sources. It has been shown that the most frequently used and useful channels vary according to health problems and to cognitive and social factors. However, the awareness of different possibilities to share knowledge and to take responsibility for one’s own empowerment in health matters is symbolic of a healthier li

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Social Capital as a Communicative Paradigm

Cited by 10 publications

References 27 publications

Social Capital and Knowledge Sharing – Lessons Learned

Social Capital and Knowledge Sharing – Lessons Learned

Explaining knowledge sharing in organizations through the dimensions of social capital

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