Network Composition, Individual Social Capital And Culture: Comparing Traditional And Post-Modernized Ethnic Groups

2014. No. 38.

Häuberer J., Tatarko A.

This article deals with the influence of cultural background on the sources of social capital. We analyse four different culture groups – Czechs and Russians representing post-modernized cultures and Dagestanis and Chechens representing traditional cultures. Applying univariate comparisons and Structural Equation Modelling, our results indicate a clear difference between post-modern and traditional cultures. Postmodernity seems to come along with less family network density and greater formal network size; however, also with higher family social capital access than traditionalism. No clear distinction can be drawn regarding size of friendship network and social capital accessed by the friendship network.  

Keywords: социальные сети, модернизация, культура, culture, social networks, modernization, традиция, tradition, individual social capital, индивидуальный социальный капитал, resource generator, генератор ресурсов

Publication based on the results of: Sociocultural factors of mutual adaptation of migrants and host population in the regions of Russia (2014)