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dc.contributor.authorVannebo, Berit Irene
dc.contributor.authorLjunggren, Elin Birgitte
dc.coverage.spatialNorwayen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-12T12:58:20Z
dc.date.available2021-11-12T12:58:20Z
dc.date.created2021-04-19T14:19:59Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 2021, (18), 1-24.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2829367
dc.description.abstractThe article develops our understanding of social capital by analyzing social capital as an organizational phenomenon. The analysis is based on qualitative data consisting of interviews and documents obtained from six different kindergartens in Norway. Kindergartens are used as a “prism” through which we can understand how social capital is formed—and the mechanisms that shape the development of various forms of networks within welfare organizations. More specifically we look at drop-in kindergartens. The specific purpose of these kindergartens is to provide open and inclusive arenas that promote integration and community. We find that the kindergartens vary in the degree to which they succeed in building bridging forms of networks and communities. Using concepts from organizational theory and Wenger’s (1998) theory of communities of practice, we find that formal organizational factors such as ownership, organizational goals, profiling, location, and educational content impact the formation of bridging forms of social capital. The composition of the user groups and the user groups’ motivation for participating most clearly affect the conditions for community formation. The composition of the user groups is the result of a number of organizational factors and organizational mechanisms. Kindergartens that have a heterogeneous user group, and a user group with a community orientation (Morse 2006), are more successful at creating bridging types of social networks.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectSocial capitalen_US
dc.subjectECECen_US
dc.subjectorganizationsen_US
dc.subjectcommunityen_US
dc.subjectqualitative studyen_US
dc.titleBridging or Bonding: An Organizational Framework for Studying Social Capital in Kindergartensen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder©2021 Vannebo, B.I. & Ljunggren, E.B.en_US
dc.source.pagenumber24.en_US
dc.source.volume18en_US
dc.source.journalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph18052663
dc.identifier.cristin1905112
dc.source.articlenumber2663en_US
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