The Effect of Cognitive and Relational Social Capital on Structural Social Capital and Micro-Enterprise Performance | Zendy

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The Effect of Cognitive and Relational Social Capital on Structural Social Capital and Micro-Enterprise Performance

Author(s) -

Rajennd Muniady,

Abdullah Al Mamun,

Mohd Rosli Mohamad,

P. Yukthamarani Permarupan,

Noor Raihani Zainol

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244015611187

Subject(s) - social capital , individual capital , structural capital , structural equation modeling , business , structural holes , social network (sociolinguistics) , relational capital , social mobility , economic capital , economics , human capital , sociology , economic growth , finance , political science , social media , intellectual capital , computer science , social science , machine learning , law

Social capital and its dimensions are highly interrelated, and theoutcome of social capital provides entrepreneurs with resources and knowledge that arenot available in the first place. The objective of this study is to examine the effectof relational and cognitive social capital on structural social capital and the effectof structural social capital on the performance of micro-enterprises owned and managedby women in Peninsular Malaysia. This study uses a cross-sectional approach, andquantitative data are collected through structured interviews. It was found thatcognitive social capital has a significant positive effect on structural social capital,and structural social capital has a significant positive effect on micro-enterpriseperformance. It was found that relational social capital has a positive butinsignificant effect on structural social capital. Therefore, women entrepreneurs shouldemphasize on making the communication process easier and on ensuring that their businessvalues, norms, interpretation, and meaning are shared and communicated to relevantparties to improve network ties and to build a dense network, which is essential inproviding access to resources and knowledge. This, in return, is expected to improve themicro-enterprise performance in Malaysia

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