Cultural Differences in Understanding Social Capital – Wasta and Social Capital

Shaheen, Omar

dc.contributor.author	Shaheen, Omar
dc.contributor.editor	Świątek-Barylska, Ilona
dc.contributor.editor	Mohan Devadas, Udaya
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-17T15:11:35Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-17T15:11:35Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Shaheen O., Cultural Differences in Understanding Social Capital – Wasta and Social Capital, [in] Facets of Managing in Cross-Cultural Diversity, I. Świątek-Barylska, U. Mohan Devadas (eds.), WUŁ–WN PWN, Łódź 2021, https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-533-6.06	pl_PL
dc.identifier.isbn	978-83-8220-533-6
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/39797
dc.description.abstract	Wasta (in the Arabic literature wasta) means “intercession” or “mediation”. This concept covers a wide range of social activities. In the West it is known as clientelism, due to the existence of an informal relationship between the client (requestor of Wasta-demanding interest) and the possessor. The purpose of this paper is to analyze Wasta in an Arabic country through the three dimensions of the social capital (structural, cognitive, relational). To achieve this aim a theoretical research method was used to analyze Wasta. As a social mechanism in an Arabic country, Wasta can be considered an example of social capital, due to the fact that it contains the structural, cognitive and relational dimensions of the social capital mentioned in the literature.	pl_PL
dc.language.iso	en	pl_PL
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	pl_PL
dc.relation.ispartof	Facets of Managing in Cross-Cultural Diversity;
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Międzynarodowe	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	social capital	pl_PL
dc.subject	Wasta	pl_PL
dc.subject	structural dimension	pl_PL
dc.subject	cognitive dimension	pl_PL
dc.subject	relational dimension	pl_PL
dc.title	Cultural Differences in Understanding Social Capital – Wasta and Social Capital	pl_PL
dc.type	Book chapter	pl_PL
dc.page.number	91-100	pl_PL
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Zarządzania	pl_PL
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-83-8220-534-3
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dc.identifier.doi	10.18778/8220-533-6.06