Sense of belonging as an indicator of social capital
Sense of belonging as an indicator of social capital
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DOI：
10.1108/ijssp-12-2019-0258
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发表时间：
2020-05-01
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2.7
通讯作者：
Davis, Howard H.
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作者：
Ahn, Mi Young;Davis, Howard H.
研究目的探讨归属感作为社会资本指标的可行性。从集体社会资本理论的视角来看，社会资本由信任、社会网络和参与三个主要要素构成。社会资本对公民社会和幸福感至关重要，但如何定义和衡量社会资本却没有达成共识。本文从归属感这一不同但相关的概念入手，探讨了这一问题，因为归属感与社会资本在概念上有重叠，但也更易于衡量。设计/方法/方式-定性和定量的数据收集了大约800名大学生，并用于探讨归属感和社会资本之间的关系，在高等教育背景下的概念和经验。结果-混合方法的研究分析，本文提供了强有力的证据表明，归属感和社会资本是如何在理论和实证交织在一起，概念上，他们占据重叠的领域和他们的连接可以清楚地跟踪和测量。这是支持大量的统计证据，他们的相关性，尽管他们在社会研究的独立起源。基于这些原因，本文认为归属感可以作为衡量社会资本的一种简化的替代方法。独创性/价值-本文解释了使用归属感的优势，了解社会资本。它提出了一个概念框架，并提供了一个统计示范。本文发展和丰富了当前社会学和高等教育政策领域的社会资本和归属感研究。
Purpose This paper examines the possibility of using sense of belonging as an indicator for social capital. Social capital, from the collective social capital theory perspective, is constructed from three main elements: trust, social network and participation. Social capital is crucial to civil society and well-being, but there is no consensus on how to define and measure it. This paper approaches this problem with the different but related concept of sense of belonging, as belonging overlaps with social capital conceptually, but also is more amenable to measurement. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative and quantitative data was collected from approximately 800 university students and used to explore the relationship between belonging and social capital both conceptually and empirically in the higher education context. Findings The mixed methods research analysis in this paper provides strong evidence to show how sense of belonging and social capital are theoretically and empirically intertwined, Conceptually they occupy overlapping spheres and their connections can be clearly traced and measured. This is supported by substantial statistical evidence of their relatedness, despite their independent origins in social research. For these reasons, this paper argues that sense of belonging can be used as a simplified alternative way to measure social capital. Originality/value This paper explains the advantages of using sense of belonging to understand social capital. It sets out a conceptual framework and provides a statistical demonstration. This paper develops and enriches a current strand of social capital and sense of belonging research in the fields of sociology and higher education policy.