Cultural Differences in Understanding Social Capital –Wasta and Social Capital

Omar Shaheen

doi:10.18778/8220-533-6

Cultural Differences in Understanding Social Capital –Wasta and Social Capital

Omar Shaheen

University of Lodz, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8021-1833 (unauthenticated)

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Facets of Managing in Cross-Cultural Diversity

Series: Management

Pages: 91-100

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-533-6.06

Keywords: Human Resources, Migration of Employees, Social Capital, Intelligent (Ro)Bots, European Identities in Business, Cross-Cultural Diversity

Published: 16 November 2021

Categories: Economics and management, Open Access

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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.

Omar Shaheen, University of Lodz, Poland

Omar H. A. Shaheen PhD student in the Faculty of Management University of Lodz, Poland. His research interests are social capital and community of practice. On a daily basis employed in multinational outsourcing company.

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Shaheen, O. (2021). Cultural Differences in Understanding Social Capital –Wasta and Social Capital. In I. Świątek-Barylska & U. M. Devadas (Eds.), & (Ed.), Facets of Managing in Cross-Cultural Diversity (pp. 91-100). Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-533-6.06

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