An influential concept in the social science literature, the theory of social capital, asserts that social actors gain resources through relationships with other actors. While social capital research has largely focused on individuals as the unit of analysis, this volume looks at social capital...

Introduction : Competing, collaborating, and reinforcing theories / Marek Korczynski, Randy Hodson, and Paul Edwards -- Marxist thought and the analysis of work / Richard Hyman -- Max Weber and the irony of bureaucracy / Graham Sewell and James Barker -- A Durkheimian view of organizational...