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Linking Social Capital to Knowledge Productivity An exploratory study on the relationship between social capital and learning in knowledge-productive networks Tjip de Jong © 2010 Springer Uitgeverij BV Alle rechten voorbehouden. Niets uit deze uitgave mag worden verveelvoudigd, opgesla- gen in een geautomatiseerd gegevensbestand, of openbaar gemaakt, in enige vorm of op enige wijze, hetzij elektronisch, mechanisch, door fotokopieën of opnamen, hetzij op enige andere manier, zonder voorafgaande schriftelijke toestemming van de uitgever. Voor zover het maken van kopieën uit deze uitgave is toegestaan op grond van artikel 16b Auteurswet j° het Besluit van 20 juni 1974, Stb. 351, zoals gewijzigd bij het Besluit van 23 augustus 1985, Stb. 471 en artikel 17 Auteurswet, dient men de daarvoor wettelijk verschuldigde vergoe- dingen te voldoen aan de Stichting Reprorecht (Postbus 3051, 2130 KB Hoofddorp). Voor het overnemen van (een) gedeelte(n) uit deze uitgave in bloemlezingen, readers en andere com- pilatiewerken (artikel 16 Auteurswet) dient men zich tot de uitgever te wenden. Samensteller(s) en uitgever zijn zich volledig bewust van hun taak een betrouwbare uitgave te verzorgen. Niettemin kunnen zij geen aansprakelijkheid aanvaarden voor drukfouten en andere onjuistheden die eventueel in deze uitgave voorkomen. ISBN 978 90 313 8209 5 NUR 870 Lay-out cover: Nanja Toebak, Den Bosch Lay-out: TEFF (www.teff.nl) Typesetting: Crest Premedia Solutions (P) Ltd., Pune, India Cover art: Jet Nijkamp Springer Uitgeverij Het Spoor 2 Postbus 246 3990 GA Houten www.springeruitgeverij.nl PROMOTIECOMMISSIE Voorzitter Prof dr. H.W.A.M. Coonen, Universiteit Twente Promotor Prof dr. J.W.M. Kessels, Universiteit Twente Overige leden Prof. dr. K. Sanders, Universiteit Twente Prof. dr. C.P.M. Wilderom, Universiteit Twente Prof. dr. J. J.H. van den Akker, Universiteit Twente Prof. dr. R.F. Poell, Universiteit Tilburg Prof dr. L.E.M. van der Sluis, Nyenrode Universiteit LINKING SOCIAL CAPITAL TO KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTIVITY A N EXPLORATIVE STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL CAPITAL AND LEARNING IN KNOWLEDGE-PRODUCTIVE NETWORKS PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Twente, op gezag van de rector magnifi cus, prof. dr. H. Brinksma, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen op vrijdag 16 april 2010 om 15.00 uur door Tjip de jong geboren op 13 april 1980 te Leiden Dit proefschrift is goedgekeurd door prof. dr. J.W.M. Kessels (promotor). Acknowledgements I would like to thank the co-researchers, network initiators and network participants who have contributed to the accomplishment of this study. Also several managers and HRD staff members showed strong support in carry- ing out this research. Without their help and assistance none of the activities in the empirical part of this study would have been possible. I want to thank them all: Investigators of the case studies Kirsti Booijnk, Hans Dekker, Corry Ehlen, Frank Hulsbos, Joris Methorst, Pepijn Pillen, Mariël Rondeel, Maaike Smit, Cees Sprenger, Eefje Teeuwisse, Simon van der Veer, Christiaan de Vries, Sibrenne Wagenaar and Pieterjan van Wijngaarden. Network initiators Hans Aalberts, Hans Balder, Harold van Biemen, Herman Brouwer, Lia Brug- geman, Wim van der Coelen, Saskia van Drunen, Melanie van der Heijden, Marco Heres, Claus Hoekstra, Margot Klute, Irma van Leeuwen, Ron Mar- tens, Wim Matthijsse, Lourens van der Meulen, Karin Pieck, Henk van Rijssel, Kees de Ruiter, Rita Rutten, Jan Willem Schouw, Hilde Vergeer, Fokje Walma, Gerard van Winsum, Suzanne Zanetti and Annemieke Zevenhuijzen. Network participants Many network participants invested their valuable time in the research acti- vities. I would like to thank the nurses, doctors and psychiatrist of GGNet, the teachers, staff members and managers of the ROC Midden Nederland, the constructors and project members that took part in the RISNET activities, the ICCO network participants and relevant external partners, the participa- ting teachers, managers and entrepreneurs connected to the Limburg Leisure Academy and fi nally the network participants in the initiatives of the Acade- mie voor Overheidscommunicatie. X Linking social capital to knowledge productivity Supportive management and HRD staff from participating organizations Herman Anbeek, Ardie van Berkel, Ellen Bijlsma, Marc Burger, Harry Derk- sen, Bernard Fransen, Fred Jonkers, Hanneke Hautvast, Frans Kamsteeg, Bram van Leeuwen, Bert Molewijk, Edwin Nicasie, Guido Rijna, Ria Thomas and Hettie Walters. Participating and supportive organizations Academie voor Overheidscommunicatie, Arcus College, CUR Bouw & Infra, Deloitte Consulting (Human Capital Advisory Services), GGNet, Hogeschool Zuyd, ICCO, Limburg Leisure Academy, RISNET and ROC Midden Neder- land. Table of contents 1 Introduction: the role of social capital in knowledge- productive networks 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Outline of the thesis 2 1.3 The rising prominence of social capital 2 1.4 Human Resource Development 2 1.5 Past research and etiology 4 1.6 Learning as a social activity 6 1.7 Problem statement and research objective of this study 8 1.8 Relevance of the study 8 2 Theoretical exploration: perspectives on social capital, learning and knowledge productivity 11 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 The knowledge society 12 2.3 Social network theory 15 2.4 Social capital theory 18 2.5 Development of the defi nition of social capital 21 2.6 Dimensions of social capital 24 2.7 Towards a fi rst conceptual framework - version 1 26 3 Exploratory case studies: fi rst steps in linking social capital to knowledge productivity 29 3.1 Introduction 29 3.2 Research objective of the exploratory case studies 30 3.3 Building blocks of the conceptual framework 30 3.4 Case selection and description 31 3.5 Case study design 32 3.6 The selected cases 35 3.7 Case study fi ndings 36 3.8 Cross-case analysis 43 3.9 Refl ection on the research design 46 XII Linking social capital to knowledge productivity 4 Conceptual framework: rethinking the link 49 4.1 Introduction 49 4.2 Input for the conceptual framework based on the exploratory case study 49 4.3 Building blocks of the conceptual framework 51 4.4 The conceptual framework – version 2 60 4.5 Research objectives 61 4.6 Research questions 61 5 Research implications for studying knowledge productivity in networks 63 5.1 Introduction 63 5.2 Operationalization of social capital 64 5.3 Case study design 65 5.4 Case studies 69 5.5 Data collection protocol 72 5.6 Concluding remarks 74 6 Findings: 17 case studies 75 6.1 Introduction 75 6.2 Structure and procedure of each within-site case presentation 76 6.3 Participating organizations and the selected networks 76 6.4 Findings of the case study networks 86 7 Cross case analysis: Relating the empirical fi ndings 149 7.1 Introduction 149 7.2 Main variables of the study 149 7.3 Ranking of the networks 150 7.4 Identifying emerging patterns 154 7.5 Dissident case and additional analysis 158 7.6 Consultation session 158 7.7 Key fi ndings 161 8 Conclusions and discussion 163 8.1 Introduction 163 8.2 Objective and research questions 163 8.3 Main conclusions: conceptual framework – version 3 164 8.4 Further exploration 169 8.5 Contributions of this research 175 8.6 Critical refl ections on the research activities 178 8.7 Directions for further research 182 Table of contents XIII Summary 185 Summary in Dutch (samenvatting) 197 References 211 Appendix A – Data collection protocol of the exploratory case studies 223 Appendix B – Protocol of the design meeting 227 Appendix C– Data collection protocol of the 17 case studies 229 Curriculum Vitae 239 Epilogue in Dutch (nawoord) 241

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