Contributions of social capital, weak ties and social networks to sustainability: a systematic review with bibliometric analysis

With the development of social sciences, from 1980 onwards, research on the social capital present in the relationships of individuals that constitute social networks emerged in the literature. In this scenario, the strength of ties (weak and strong) is highlighted as elements that contribute to the...

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Autores: Batista, Caren Stela Máximo, Medeiros, Haroldo de Sá, Souza Filho, Theophilo Alves de, Paes de Souza, Mariluce
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI)
Repositorio:Research, Society and Development
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/25284
Acceso en línea:https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/25284
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sustainability
Social capital
Weak ties
Network.
Sostenibilidad
Capital social
Lazos débiles
Redes sociales.
Sustentabilidade
Laços fracos
Redes sociais.
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Sumario:With the development of social sciences, from 1980 onwards, research on the social capital present in the relationships of individuals that constitute social networks emerged in the literature. In this scenario, the strength of ties (weak and strong) is highlighted as elements that contribute to the success of networks. The relevance of the research is the need to understand the profile of the literature on the contributions of the themes social capital, weak ties and social networks for sustainability. Thus, it is relevant to analyze publications that study the relationship of social capital, social networks and weak ties with sustainability. The methodology used was a systematic literature review with bibliometric analysis. The study was sourced from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The study was based on the search for the following terms: "sustainability", "social capital", "weak ties", "social networks", "social capital", "weak ties" and "social networks", which generated a a total of 723 articles, from which a sample of 531 was selected for analysis. The results of this work point to the relationship between sustainability and the themes of social capital, weak ties and social networks, their characteristics and their state of the art.