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The Role of Social Capital in Higher Education Institutions

The Role of Social Capital in Higher Education Institutions

Kijpokin Kasemsap
ISBN13: 9781466661981|ISBN10: 1466661984|EISBN13: 9781466661998
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6198-1.ch007
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Kasemsap, Kijpokin. "The Role of Social Capital in Higher Education Institutions." Handbook of Research on Higher Education in the MENA Region: Policy and Practice, edited by Neeta Baporikar, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 119-147. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6198-1.ch007

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Kasemsap, K. (2014). The Role of Social Capital in Higher Education Institutions. In N. Baporikar (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Higher Education in the MENA Region: Policy and Practice (pp. 119-147). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6198-1.ch007

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Kasemsap, Kijpokin. "The Role of Social Capital in Higher Education Institutions." In Handbook of Research on Higher Education in the MENA Region: Policy and Practice, edited by Neeta Baporikar, 119-147. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6198-1.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter introduces the role of social capital in higher education institutions, thus explaining the concept of social capital, the dimension of social capital in higher education institutions (i.e., structural social capital and communication, relational social capital and social integration, and cognitive social capital and coordination), and the application of social capital in higher education institutions in terms of social networks, social norms, social trust, and institutional trust. Social networks, high institutional trust, social trust, and a tendency to comply with regulations are the important social characteristics that facilitate the application of environmental initiatives in higher education institutions. The enforcement of social capital will be accompanied by successful higher education institution initiatives combined with significant change in the culture of higher education institutions, thus leading to the achievement of sustainability in higher education institutions. Understanding the role of social capital will significantly enhance the educational performance and achieve educational goals in higher education institutions.

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