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Social capital and career outcomes: a study of Chinese employees |
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| Authors: | Lingqing Zhang Jun Liu Raymond Loi Victor P Lau |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Management , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, PRC;2. School of Business, Renmin University of China , Beijing, PRC;3. Department of Management and Marketing , University of Macau , Taipa, Macau |
| Abstract: | This study examines the impacts of social capital on employees’ career outcomes in the Chinese context. Access to information and access to resources are hypothesized as the mediators in the relationships. A new measure of individual social capital is developed and used as the key predictor of the outcome variables. Data were collected from a survey administered to 184 employees in a state-owned enterprise. The results of regression analysis showed that individual social capital enhanced both career satisfaction and career achievement among Chinese employees. Further, access to information and access to resources were found to mediate the above relationships. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed. |
| Keywords: | access to information access to resources career achievement career satisfaction Chinese employees social capital |