Unveiling Trends in Social Capital Research

The Social Capital concept is investigated by researchers in numerous academic disciplines including, business, education, entrepreneurship, economics, human resource management, environmental and health sciences, and political and social sciences. This webinar presented the outcomes of a dual-focused study, utilising a Systematic Literature Review and bibliometric analysis (SLR) to examine the literature on social capital both quantitatively and qualitatively. This study examined seven research questions.; 1) the descriptive detail of the recognized previous studies on social capital, 2) the tendencies of the annual scientific production on social capital, 3) the greatly related and greater-influence factors on social capital, 4) how sources are clustering based on Bradford’s Law? 5) the most relevant nations for social capital, 6) the highly relevant authors and the authors’ productivity through Lotka’s Law of Authors’ Scientific Productivity, and 7) the emerging trends and themes for future investigations in the field of social capital.

About the presenter:

Mrs. Buddhini Amarathunga has been serving as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Business Management, Faculty of Business Studies and Finance, at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka since 2013. She is a Ph.D student at Management and Science University, Malaysia. She has authored over 100 research articles published in recognized indexed journals and conference proceedings, both locally and internationally. Her research interests include human resource management, graduate employability, higher educational technology, knowledge management and entrepreneurship. Mrs. Buddhini Amarathunga serves as a reviewer of several reputed indexed journals and refereed journals.