scholarly journals HOW DO DIFFERENT INTERNET USE FUNCTIONS AFFECT BRIDGING AND BONDING SOCIAL CAPITAL? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN JAPAN

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-88
Author(s):  
Yu Guo
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
International Students ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Chinese International Students ◽  
Bonding Social Capital

scholarly journals Capabilities of Corporate Volunteering in Strengthening Social Capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7482
Author(s):  
Aldona Glińska-Neweś ◽  
Joanna Górka
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Corporate Volunteering ◽  
Capital Building

Corporate volunteering is becoming increasingly popular among the ways that companies manifest their social responsibility. Its popularity is due to the variety of benefits it brings to all parties. Among other things, it is capable of strengthening social capital, although specific phenomena and processes related to this remain largely unexplored. The aim of the paper is to identify how the frequency and intensity of contacts between volunteers and beneficiaries affect social capital building. The empirical study was based on a qualitative research approach and conducted in the form of individual semi-structured interviews with employees responsible for corporate volunteering in their companies. The results of the study suggest that corporate volunteering strengthens social capital regardless of the extent to which volunteers have contact with the beneficiaries of their volunteering work. However, the frequency and intensity of this contact may affect specific dimensions of social capital, leading to the strengthening of bonding social capital and/or bridging social capital.

scholarly journals Acculturation, Internet Use, and Psychological Well-being Among Chinese International Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Qi Li ◽  
Xun Liu ◽  
Tianlan Wei ◽  
William Lan
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Chinese International Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Assimilation ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Cultural Maintenance ◽  
Bivariate Correlation ◽  
Bachelor's Degrees

In this study, the authors examined the relationships of acculturation as measured with two subscales of cultural maintenance and cultural assimilation, Internet use, and psychological wellbeing among Chinese international students. A total of 170 Chinese international students participated in this study. Bivariate correlation analyses revealed that an individual can identify with two different cultures, minority and dominant culture. Results of multiple regression indicated that cultural assimilation was a significant predictor to psychological well-being, but not cultural maintenance. The study also found that younger Chinese international students (e.g., students pursuing bachelor’s degrees) suffered significantly higher levels of stress and depression in the acculturation process as compared to their older counterparts. Implications for counseling and recommendations for future research were discussed.

Socio-cultural Resource for Kazakhstan Modernization

2012 ◽  
pp. 74-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Stavinskaya ◽  
E. Nikishina
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Cultural Features

The opportunities of the competitive advantages use of the social and cultural capital for pro-modernization institutional reforms in Kazakhstan are considered in the article. Based on a number of sociological surveys national-specific features of the cultural capital are marked, which can encourage the country's social and economic development: bonding social capital, propensity for taking executive positions (not ordinary), mobility and adaptability (characteristic for nomad cultures), high value of education. The analysis shows the resources of the productive use of these socio-cultural features.

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