Capital social em uma rede organizacional de Minas Gerais: proposição e validação de modelo explicativo

Abstract

This thesis aimed to investigate the explanatory constructs of social capital in the organizational network formed by companies in the sector of electro-electronics of the city of Santa Rita do Sapucaí-MG. More specifically, sought to: characterize the corporate network, giving some descriptive aspects of its constitution and its social structure, propose an explanatory model of social capital built by the constituent organizations of the network, identifying the nature and intensity of relations between the constructs proposed for the explanatory model, verify the validity of the explanatory model of social capital. In grasping the reality studied, we chose to conduct a descriptive study of a quantitative nature. In analyzing the results, was based on the systematic theoretical framework, which included a set of theoretical reflections on the capital, structural and relational dimensions, and the benefits and risks arising from derivative or collective overlap between these two dimensions. In the analysis of this thesis is focused on the model of research, designed and based on the theory of social capital, consisting of three analytical dimensions consist of several constructs: the structural dimension, relational dimension and the benefits and restrictive factors to the formation of social capital. The structural dimension has incorporated aspects of social structure that gives support to the capital and was the constructs of the network structure, institutional environment and coordinating the network. The relational dimension holds the constructive cooperation and trust that give support to the relations between the member organizations of the network. The third dimension involves the constructs related to the benefits and constraints associated with the capital. The analysis of results from the application of structural equation modeling using the approach called Partial Least Square Path Modeling (PSL-PM) showed that the proposed explanatory model has nomological validity and structural adjust to the reality investigated. The structural model validated equations gave rise to five different structures to test hypotheses involving listed about the latent constructs: cooperation, trust, access to information, access to knowledge and integration between marketing businesses in Santa Rita do Sapucaí.