Measuring Social Capital Linkage： The Role of the State-Based Voluntary Professional Association

作     者：Christopher Lowe 

作者机构：Monash Sustainability Institute Australia 

出 版 物：《Sociology Study》 

年 卷 期：2015年第5卷第6期

页      面：429-443页

学科分类：0303[法学-社会学] 12[管理学] 120202[管理学-企业管理（含：财务管理、市场营销、人力资源管理）] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 03[法学] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 030301[法学-社会学] 

主　　题：Voluntary professional association bus operators linking social capital 

摘      要：This paper discusses the nature of the Australian bus and coach representative environment and the role of the state-based voluntary professional association （SBVPA）. A literature review associated with memberships to which businesses subscribe for representation and linking social capital is presented, as well as a discussion on agency theory that possibly explains the member/association dynamic. The results of an Australia-wide survey of bus operators, which measures the extent of linking social capital between themselves and their SBVPA, are revealed. It is found that one state with consistently higher results may possess a competitive advantage in the form of a partnership agreement with the State Government Authority--an agreement that rests on co-operation and facilitates social capital. This evidence could contribute to the global narrative on how non-profit associations can be a mechanism for institutionalising social capital, sustain a firm＇s operation and encourage governments to increase their use of non-profit associations, as agents of government, to achieve public policy outcomes.