Measuring social capital: Assessing construct stability of various operationalizations of social capital in a finnish sample

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-220

  Lillbacka, Ralf ^a  

^a Swedish Polytechnic   (Finland)

Author keywords

Construct stability; Self efficacy; Social capital; Social network; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748058118     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699306064774     Document Type: Article

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