Participation in Helping Networks As Social Capital Mobilization: Impact on Influence for Domestic Men, Domestic Women, and International MBA Students

This study examines participation in helping networks among MBA students and its impact on subsequent ratings of influence by peers. Helping networks reflect the mobilization of social capital where network contacts exchange social and material resources. As such, helping networks are distinct from friendship networks, which represent access to social capital but not necessarily its use. We identify three dimensions of social capital...