Human capital, social capital and organizational performance: A structural modeling approach

J. Augusto Felicio, Eduardo Couto and Jorge Caiado
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J. Augusto Felicio: School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon
Eduardo Couto: School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon

No 1302, CEMAPRE Working Papers from Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics (CEMAPRE), School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon

Abstract: This research evaluates the human capital and social capital of managers and its influence on the performance of small and medium-sized Portuguese companies. We resorted to the structural modeling methodology approach applied to a sample of 192 small and medium companies aged between four and fifteen years from five different activity sectors. It was concluded that human capital affects social capital and the experience and cognitive ability influence personal relations and complicity. The organizational performance is strongly influenced by human capital through the cognitive ability of the manager. It's an important contribution to the management literature.

Keywords: Human capital; Social capital; Organizational performance; Cognitive ability; Small and medium enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2013-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-ent, nep-hrm, nep-sbm and nep-soc
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