Building Sustainable Organizational Social Capital: The Global Leadership Challenge

Khadija Al Arkoubi; Elizabeth Davis

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Khadija Al Arkoubi
Elizabeth Davis

Keywords:

global leadership, social capital, human resource management and development

Abstract

Building social capital (SC) is increasingly recognized as essential for organizational and social growth. However, there is a scant amount of literature on how leaders are expected to develop SC as an individual and organizational competence. While this article develops new frameworks for both SC and global leadership (GL), it offers practical suggestions to practitioners in human resource development and management on how they can set up strategies for developing both GL and SC.

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Building Sustainable Organizational Social Capital: The Global Leadership Challenge. (2013). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 13(A9), 11-20. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/1057

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