Knowledge and learning in online networks in development: A social-capital perspective

Development in Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 570-586

  Cummings, Sarah ^a   Heeks, Richard ^b   Huysman, Marleen ^c  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; NETWORKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 33750352474     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520600958215     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Adler, Paul and Kwon, Seok-Woo. (2002) 'Social capital: Prospects for a new concept' Academy of Management Review, 27(1), pp. 17-40.
2. Boissevain, Jeremy. (1974) Friends of Friends: Networks, Manipulators and Coalitions. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
3. Bourdieu, Pierre. (1986) 'The forms of capital'. In Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education. New York NY: Greenwood.
4. Burt, Ronald S. (1992) Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.
5. Castells, Manuel. (2000) The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, Vol.1: The Rise of the Network Society. Oxford: Blackwell.
6. Cummings, Sarah and van Dam, Henk and Hardon, Anne and Hessels, Peter and Kooijman, Margo and van Leent, Marleen and Minnee, Tilly and Pumplin, Paula. (2005) 'Information management partnerships for development: Some experiences and virtual perspectives' IAALD Quarterly Bulletin. (in press)
7. Cummings, Sarah and Mchombu, Kingo. (2003) 'Developing evaluation practice in the information sector: Introduction to the special issue' Information Development, 19(2), pp. 77-83.
8. Dasgupta, Partha and Serageldin, Ismail. (2000) 'Preface'. In Social Capital: A Multifaceted Perspective. (pp. ix-xii). Washington DC: World Bank.
9. Duarte, Deborah L. and Snyder, Nancy Tenant. (1999) Mastering Virtual Teams: Strategies, Tools and Techniques that Succeed. San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass.
10. Edwards, Michael.(1999) 'Enthusiasts, Tacticians and Skeptics: The World Bank, Civil Society and Social Capital'. In. Washington DC: World Bank. unpublished paper
11. Engel, Paul. (1997) The Social Organization of Innovation: A Focus on Stakeholder Interaction. Amsterdam
12. Fine, Ben. (2002) 'It ain't social, it ain't capital and it ain't Africa' Studia Africana, 13, pp. 18-33.
13. Fukuyama, Francis. (1995) Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity. New York NY: Free Press.
14. Granovetter, Mark S. (1973) 'The strength of weak ties' American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), pp. 1360-80.
15. Grootaert, Christian. (1998) 'Social Capital: The Missing Link?'. In Social Capital Initiative Working Paper. Washington DC: World Bank.
16. Grootaert, Christian and van Bastelaer, Thierry. (2002) 'Understanding and measuring social capital: A synthesis of findings and recommendations from the social capital initiative'. In Forum Series on the Role of Institutions in Promoting Economic Growth. Washington DC: USAID.
17. Hakansson, Håkan and Snehota, Ivan. (1995) Developing Relationships in Business Networks. London: Routledge.
18. Hardon, Anne. (2005) 'An online community: Struggle and survive' Knowledge Management for Development, 1(1), pp. 71-8. http://www.km4dev.org/journal/index.php/km4dj/article/viewFile/17/37 (retrieved 8 December 2005)
19. Harriss, John. (2002) Depoliticizing Development: The World Bank and Social Capital. London: Anthem Press.
20. Hopkins, Liza and Thomas, Julian. (2002) 'E-social Capital: Building Community through Electronic Networks'. In. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. unpublished paper
21. Huysman, Marleen. (2004) 'Design requirements for knowledge-sharing tools: A need for social capital analysis'. In Social Capital and Information Technology. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
22. Lesser, Eric and Storck, John. (2001) 'Communities of practice and organizational performance' IBM Systems Journal, 40(4), pp. 831-41.
23. Lin, Nan. (2001) 'Building a network theory of social capital'. In Social Capital: Theory and Research. Berlin: Aldine de Gruyter Press.
24. Lindblom, Charles E. (1990) Inquiry and Change. New Haven CT: Yale University Press.
25. McGrenere, Joanna and Ho, Wayne. (2000). 'Affordances: Clarifying and evolving a concept'. Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2000. In [pp.]. http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~joanna/papers/gi_2000_affordances.pdf (retrieved 8 December 2005)
26. Merton, Robert. (1957) Social Theory and Social Structure. New York NY: The Free Press.
27. Mwakalinga, Hebron. (2005) 'Are online communities delivering? The case of C3NET' Knowledge Management for Development Journal, 1(1), pp. 62-70. http://www.km4dev.org/journal/index.php/km4dj/article/viewFile/18/38 (retrieved 4 May 2006)
28. Nahapiet, Janine and Ghoshal, Sumantra. (1998) 'Social capital, intellectual capital and the organizational advantage' Academy of Management Review, 23(2), pp. 242-66.
29. Portilla Rodríguez, Melania.(1997) 'Social Capital in Developing Societies: Reconsidering the Links between Civil Agency, Economy and the State in the Development Process'. In Working Paper Series. The Hague: Institute of Social Studies.
30. Putnam, Robert. (1993) Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press.
31. Putnam, Robert. (2000) Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. New York NY: Simon & Schuster.
32. Syrjanen, Anna-Liisa and Kuutti, Kari. (2004) 'Trust, acceptance and alignment: The role of IT in redirecting a community'. In Social Capital and Information Technology. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
33. van der Gaag and Martin, P. and Snijders, Tom A. (2004) 'Proposals for the measurement of individual social capital'. In Creation and Returns of Social Capital. London: Routledge.
34. van der Spek, J. and Mulder, I. and de Poot, H. and Moelaert, F. (2002). 'A Comparative Study on Social Capital in Communities in Three Sectors'. paper presented at the 2002 Research Workshop on Social Capital and IT; May27-28. In [pp.]. Free University of Amsterdam
35. Wenger, Etienne. (1999) Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
36. Willard, Terri. (2001) 'Helping Knowledge Networks Work, Version 1.0'. In. Winnipeg: International Institute for Sustainable Development. unpublished paper
37. Woolcock, Michael. (2000) 'Social capital: Implications for development theory, research and policy' World Bank Research Observer, 15(2), pp. 225-49.