relational capital and social capital: one or two fields of research?
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Kaisa Still, Jukka Huhtamäki, Martha G. Russell Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA, 24-25 October 2013TRANSCRIPT
Relational Capital and Social Capital: One or two Fields of
Research?
Kaisa Still, Jukka Huhtamäki, Martha G. Russell
ICICKM 2013, Washington, DC, USA
http://bit.ly/icickm2013src
Introductions
Kaisa StillVTT Technical Research Centre of [email protected]
Jukka HuhtamäkiTampere University of [email protected] // @jnkka
Martha G. RussellmediaX at Stanford [email protected]
Why this study?
•Social capital and relational capital are often used in literature in association with each other or interchangeably
•We found inspiration from Landström’s (2012) study on whether innovation and entrepreneurship are one or two fields of study
•Instead of looking at the authorship, we went to analyze the reference/citation structures between the authors in the two disciplines
•Citation network can be seen as an information network representing the relatedness of subject manner (Newman 2010)
Method and data
•Scopus data: 2,000 most cited social capital articles and 144 most cited relational capital articles
•Authorship analysis done using Scopus’ in-built analytics
•Reference network: 1.CSV export from Scopus2.Author name extraction (Python)3.Author name curation (Google Refine)4.Network creation (Python & NetworkX)5.Network analysis and visualization
Author Activity
Most active authors in relational and social capital literature
Michael A. Hitt
Social Capital Reference Network
Social capital authorities
Example: Social capital literature
“By ‘social capital,’ I mean features of social life-networks, norms, and trust–that enable participants to act together more effectively to pursue shared objectives.”(Putnam, 1995)
Relational Capital Reference Network
Relational capital authorities
Example: Relational capital literature
Social Capital & Relational Capital
Limitations
•The exact search phrases “social capital” and “relational capital” were used to collect the data•Quality of data-driven analysis is a
function of the quality of the data: Scopus data is limited and e.g. author identification remains a challenge
Conclusions
•Citation network analysis does help in understanding scientific literature and, we claim, in facilitating the development of a subject area•Social capital and relational capital are
related but distinct domains; only 4 out of 20 key authorities are shared•The evolution of the two domains should
be analyzed further to reveal the evolution of the literature and the diffusion of the to concepts
Comments and discussion!
Author contact information
Kaisa StillVTT Technical Research Centre of [email protected]
Jukka HuhtamäkiTampere University of [email protected] // @jnkka
Martha G. RussellmediaX at Stanford [email protected]