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Zeig mir deine Freunde und ich sag dir, wer du bist – Ein empirischer Test zur Berücksichtigung der Akteursheterogenität in der Sozialkapitalforschung
[Known by the company you keep – an empirical test of actors’ heterogeneity in social capital research]

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  • Holger Lüdeke

    (Touro College Berlin)

  • Hanjo Allinger

    (Technische Hochschule Deggendorf)

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Zusammenfassung Die vorliegende Studie trägt zur Akteursperspektive in der Sozialkapitalforschung bei, indem Problematisierungen aus der Endogenitätsdiskussion einem umfangreichen empirischen Test unterzogen werden. Ambition, Qualität und soziale Ähnlichkeit der Akteure besitzen ebenso wie weitere unbeobachtete individuelle Eigenschaften Erklärungskraft für beruflichen Erfolg. Doch statt sich bei Berücksichtigung der Akteursheterogenität zu verringern, steigt die Effektstärke des Sozialkapitals. Die spekulative Annahme, dass stärkere Berücksichtigung der Akteure die Rolle des Sozialkapitals zwangsläufig mindert, lässt sich empirisch nicht aufrechterhalten. Gerade bei Berücksichtigung der Eigenschaften der Netzwerkenden wird die unterstützende Wirkung der Sozialkapitalnutzung als Interaktionseffekt deutlich. In einer Re-Analyse einer ökonomisch inspirierten Panelstudie von 1988–2004 wird durch die Konzentration auf den Einstiegszeitpunkt in berufliche Netzwerke das Problem umgedrehter Kausalität eingegrenzt. Netzwerkaufbau und -nutzung gehen teilweise dem beruflichen Erfolg voraus. Dies gilt für eine Gruppe von 348 wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Graduierten bezogen auf das Bruttojahreseinkommen im ersten Karriere-Jahrzehnt. Die Evidenz deutet auf Sozialkapital als verstärkenden Faktor hin, der die Erfolgswirkung positiver Akteurseigenschaften erhöht.

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  • Holger Lüdeke & Hanjo Allinger, 2017. "Zeig mir deine Freunde und ich sag dir, wer du bist – Ein empirischer Test zur Berücksichtigung der Akteursheterogenität in der Sozialkapitalforschung [Known by the company you keep – an empirical ," Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, Springer, vol. 69(1), pages 1-40, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:sjobre:v:69:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s41471-016-0020-y
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