Sources of social capital: Effects of altruistic citizenship behavior and job involvement on advice network centrality

Mian Zhang, Wei Zheng, Jun Wei

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Abstract

Social capital has been receiving increasing attention in HRD research. However, the sources of social capital have received inadequate attention. Little has been done to reveal how people obtain their social capital in the workplace. This study investigated the effects of employees' altruistic citizen-ship behavior and job involvement on their advice network centrality. Advice network centrality was used as an indicator of social capital. The results suggest that altruistic citizenship behavior and job involvement are positively associated with employees' advice network centrality. Furthermore, our findings suggest that job involvement moderates the effect of altruistic citizenship behavior on advice network centrality. Theoretical and practical implications for HRD are discussed and future directions are drawn.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)195-217
Number of pages23
JournalHuman Resource Development Quarterly
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

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