APPLYING ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH TO PUBLIC SCHOOL REFORM: THE EFFECTS OF TEACHER HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Pil, Frits K.; Leana, Carrie
• 署名单位: Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2009.47084647
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 1101-1124
• 关键词: research-and-development; resource-based view; absorptive-capacity; Knowledge transfer; MULTILEVEL MODEL; networks; COMMUNICATION; education; mobility; work

摘要

We investigated the effects of teacher human and social capital on growth in student performance in a sample of 1,013 teachers organized into 239 grade teams. We found that teacher human capital that is specific to a setting and task, and some indicators of teacher social capital, predicted student performance improvement. At the team level, average educational attainment and horizontal tie strength were significant predictors of student improvement. We provide some evidence that team horizontal tie strength and density moderate the relationship between teacher ability and student performance. Implications of our multilevel analysis for theory, research, and policy are discussed.