Analysis Of Social Capital At A Sme From The Metalworking Industry In The Central Region Of Coahuila State, Mexico, Analisis Del Capital Social En Una Pyme De La Industria Metalmecanica De La Regiã“N Centro De Coahuila

This paper shows the level of development achieved by social capital at a firm from the metalworking Industry in the Central Region of Coahuila State, Mexico. Social capital is deemed as the ability of a human group to generate processes of social interaction that facilitate coordination and cooperation in order to obtain mutual benefit and contribute to socio-economic development. This analysis used 8 indicators to identify the strongest and the weakest elements of the social capital related to the firm: Information and communication level, trust level, cooperation, participation, level of relationships, quality of relationships, frequency of interpersonal relationships and frequency of non-interpersonal relationships. A quantitative analysis of the data from a survey of all the 32 workers of the firm shows that external social capital is limited, but internal development of social capital is strong.