Social Capital and Organizational Commitment

作者: George W. Watson , Steven D. Papamarcos

DOI: 10.1023/A:1015498101372

关键词: PsychologyEconomic capitalMarketingIndustrial and organizational psychologySocial capitalIndividual capitalFinancial capitalEmployee researchPublic relationsCapital (economics)Organizational commitment

摘要: Organizational scientists have been investigating the role of human relationships vis-a-vis firm productivity for some years. Recently, Social Capital has theorized to play a central part in reduction organizational transaction costs. We briefly position among several theories claiming interpersonal capital, review its theoretical nuances, and test this structure using sample 469 sales professionals from leading medical services firm. Our findings indicate that trust, communication, employee focus significant direct moderate indirect affects on commitment.

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