Creating business ventures for disabled people-using psychological-capital and social-capital

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sigal
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Disabled People

scholarly journals Can Social Capital and Psychological Capital Improve the Entrepreneurial Performance of the New Generation of Migrant Workers in China?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 3964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyu Ma ◽  
Federico Topolansky Barbe ◽  
Yongmei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Opportunity Recognition ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Performance ◽  
Environment Perception ◽  
New Generation

The new generation of migrant workers may play a crucial role in boosting China’s rural economy. With the rise of knowledge economy and the advent of the information age, it is difficult for human capital and economic capital alone to gain advantages in entrepreneurship. Thus, the study of social capital and psychological capital becomes more prominent. Within this context, this paper explores the relationships among entrepreneurs’ psychological capital, social capital, and entrepreneurial outcomes for the new generation of migrant workers in the Shaanxi province. This study uses a quantitative research approach. Primary data were collected from 525 rural households in the Shaanxi province. A structural equation model is used to verify the association between social capital, psychological capital, and entrepreneurial performance. The psychological capital of the new generation of migrant workers is found to exert a more significant impact on their entrepreneurial opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial environment perception than social capital. Both entrepreneurial opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial environment perception of the new generation of migrant workers are conducive to the improvement of entrepreneurial performance. Nevertheless, the intermediary role of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition is more prominent than entrepreneurial environment perception.

scholarly journals Positive psychological capital: beyond human and social capital

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Luthans ◽  
Kyle W. Luthans ◽  
Brett C. Luthans
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Positive Psychological Capital ◽  
Human And Social Capital

scholarly journals Three-Capital Approach to the Study of Young People who Excel in Vocational Occupations: A Case of WorldSkills Competitors and Entrepreneurship

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maia Chankseliani ◽  
Susan James Relly
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Young People ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
Vocational Skills ◽  
Entrepreneurial Motivation ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Data Analyses

This paper examines the entrepreneurial inclinations of young people who achieved excellence in vocational occupations. We propose a three-capital approach to the study of entrepreneurship. Relying on the existing theories and original qualitative and quantitative data analyses, findings from interviews with 30 entrepreneurial and 10 non-entrepreneurial WorldSkills competitors show that psychological capital, social capital and human capital can be combined to explore how young people who excel in vocational occupations develop entrepreneurial mindsets. We show that training for and participation in the largest vocational skills event globally - WorldSkills competition - develops selected aspects of three capitals. However, we also discover that the entrepreneurial motivation precedes competitors' involvement with WorldSkills.

scholarly journals Psychological Capital of the Organization in the Context of Resource and Socio-Psychological Approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
M.V. Ermolaeva ◽  
D.V. Lubovsky
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
Resource Network ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Cognitive Social Capital

Objective. Analysis of the possibilities to supply the parameters of psychological capital with the collectivistic orientation parameter; to analyze the concept of collectivistic orientation. Background. The transfer of the term “human capital” from economics to psychology required specification and differentiation. The concepts of socio-psychological capital, cognitive social capital, and psychological capital emphasize different facets of the “human factor”, which can be considered as a resource in the broad sense of the word. The interpretations of socio-psychological capital and cognitive social capital are substantially similar. Researchers of cognitive social capital consider it in four aspects (resource, network, economic, and socio-psychological). In this study, the focus is on resource and socio-psychological aspects; the resource approach understands social capital as a combination of real and potential resources of people, the socio-psychological approach studies the content of social capital. At the same time, the analysis of modern approaches to the study of psychological capital indicates the need to include in its structure the parameter of collectivistic orientation, proposed in the scientific school of A.V. Petrovsky. Methodology. Positive organizational psychology, method of comparative analysis. Conclusions. In modern social Sciences, the psychological capital of personnel is considered as a system of personal resources, which include self-efficacy, optimism, vision of the future (goal setting) and resilience. Psychological capital is associated with the psychological well-being of staff and the effectiveness of professional activities. The positive relationship between psychological capital and tolerance to uncertainty is revealed. The analysis of ideas about psychological capital in the organizational context has shown that it is appropriate to add to its components a collectivistic focus on interaction with people and the ability to accept goals set from outside as their own. This addition opens up new perspectives for research on psychological capital as an important factor in the development of an organization.

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