Managing social capital
practice exam questions
ANSWERS
, Managing social capital - practice exam questions Emma Hamm, 2078889
TABLE OF CONTENT
Managing social capital
practice exam questions
ANSWERS 1
THEME 1 3
ANSWERS Theme 1 - Social capital theory 3
ANSWERS Tutorial 1 5
THEME 2 9
ANSWERS Theme 2 - Onboarding and embeddedness 9
ANSWERS Tutorial 2 11
ANSWERS Lectures 18
LECTURES 18
THEME 3 19
ANSWERS Theme 3 - HRM and modern teamwork 19
ANSWERS Tutorial 3 22
THEME 4 26
ANSWERS Theme 4 - Social capital and turnover 26
ANSWERS Tutorial 4 28
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, Managing social capital - practice exam questions Emma Hamm, 2078889
THEME 1
ANSWERS Theme 1 - Social capital theory
1. According to Marx, what is capital?
- a) A collection of an individual's knowledge, skills, abilities, and other traits (KSAOs)
- b) Resources embedded in a social structure accessible through relationships
- c) Part of surplus value, a product of an investment process
- d) Investments in reproducing a set of symbols and meanings of the upper class
- Correct Answer: c) Part of surplus value, a product of an investment process
2. What is a key idea behind Human Capital Theory as proposed by Becker?
- a) Education and training are an important form of capital
- b) Social capital is jointly owned by parties in a relationship
- c) Social networks provide access to valuable resources
- d) People use cultural capital to maintain their status and exclude others
- Correct Answer: a) Education and training are an important form of capital
3. Which of the following is NOT a form of cultural capital as defined by Bourdieu?
- a) Embodied cultural capital
- b) Objectified cultural capital
- c) Institutionalized cultural capital
- d) Economic capital
- Correct Answer: d) Economic capital
4. Which perspective focuses on the quality and intensity of relationships within a
network, distinguishing between strong and weak ties?
- a) Nah Lin's Embedded Resources Perspective
- b) Robert Putnam's Community Perspective
- c) Mark Granovetter's Tie Strength Perspective
- d) Nahapiet and Ghoshal's Social Capital Theory
- Correct Answer: c) Mark Granovetter's Tie Strength Perspective
5. What does Lin's Embedded Resources Perspective emphasize?
- a) The importance of weak ties in accessing new information
- b) The decline in community involvement due to technological changes
- c) The resources embedded within social relationships that influence behavior
- d) The role of trust and norms in network configurations
- Correct Answer: c) The resources embedded within social relationships that influence
behavior
6. According to Nahapiet and Ghoshal, what are the structural properties of social
capital?
- a) Trust, norms, and identification
- b) Network ties and network configuration
- c) Shared language and codes
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