Dynamics of Personal Social Capital and Its Influence on Employee Growth in Organizations: A Cross Sectorial Analysis

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Abstract

This study explored how personal social capital influences employee growth in different industrial sectors in Ghana. This is informed by the prevailing argument on the need for knowledge generation on the role of social capital on employee growth, and which dynamics continue to gain currency in human resource management research. Using data from the banking, telecommunication and media sectors, it was found that the social interdependence between workers and other colleagues, information from their personal social networks, their personal relationships with colleagues that encourage the prevalence of trustful work environments, and the personal relationships they develop with others during social gatherings are all predictive of workers’ personal social capital that contribute variously in enhancing their professional growth in the work environments of different industrial sectors. It is concluded that the incorporation of workers’ personal social capital in organizations’ human resource management systems will help add value to their productiveness.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and Human Factors in Management and Leadership
EditorsJussi Ilari Kantola, Salman Nazir, Vesa Salminen
PublisherSpringer
Pages116-123
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783030507909
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
EventAHFE Virtual Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the International Conference on Management and Leadership, 2020 - San Diego
Duration: 16 Jul 202020 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume1209 AISC
ISSN (Print)2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)2194-5365

Conference

ConferenceAHFE Virtual Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the International Conference on Management and Leadership, 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period16/07/2020/07/20

Keywords

  • Banking sector
  • Employee growth
  • Media sector
  • Personal social capital
  • Social capital
  • Telecommunication sector

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