in today's world, women's participation in social activities is considered as a measure of their social and civil rights. however, there are challenges to such participation. this research aims to investigate these socio-cultural obstacles, comparing athletic and non-athletic women. the present study examines women's sports participation as a form of behavior which includes fishb...

BACKGROUND As inter-hospital alliances have become increasingly popular in the healthcare sector, it is important to understand the challenges and benefits that the interaction between representatives of different hospitals entail. A prominent example of inter-hospital alliances are certified 'trauma networks', which consist of 5-30 trauma departments in a given region. Trauma networks are desi...

The research focus on the relationship among community social capital, perceived value and loyalty with taking alumni as an object. partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is to adopted analyze data by using SmartPLS 3.2.9. results show that capital has contribution informational value, significantly affect loyalty, while insignificant impact loyalty.

Facebook was initially designed as a social tool representing a person‟s social life, yet today it functions as a platform synthesizing all facets of life, including the work context. Within the frame of the social capital theory, a survey was conducted measuring Facebook users‟ experience, perceptions of privacy and career impression management. Results found that higher Facebook experience wa...

Using 2006 General Social Survey data, the authors compare levels of segregation by race and along other dimensions of potential social cleavage in the contemporary United States. Americans are not as isolated as the most extreme recent estimates suggest. However, hopes that "bridging" social capital is more common in broader acquaintanceship networks than in core networks are not supported. In...

The positive association between social capital and general health outcomes has been extensively researched over the past decade; however, studies investigating social capital and psychological health show less consistent results. Despite this, policy-makers worldwide still employ elements of social capital to promote and improve psychological health. This United Kingdom study investigates the ...

Facebook is an informing social networking application that has experienced phenomenal worldwide user growth within a relatively short time and continues to grow at a rapid rate. This study examines the motivations for users to continue to use Facebook after adoption. Using a transdisciplinary approach, we draw on the technology acceptance research stream, post-adoption theories, and social cap...

Despite instructors’ concerns, students use “non-scholarly” Internet information resources to address their knowledge gaps or supplement their learning. In this research, students were encouraged to use such Internet resources to complete an individual course assignment and then share those resources to create a group submission. This allowed an investigation of perceived learning and developme...

Much research has been done on the favourable influence of social environment and social networks on knowledge production. The aim of this article is to design a theoretical framework where both information behaviour (IB) research and social capital (SC) research are integrated. Integrating these areas is seen as an advantage when focusing on the social construction of knowledge, and a model is...