Machine generated contents note: 1.Social Capital in a Comparative Perspective / Chih-Jou Jay Chen -- pt. I Measuring Social Capital -- 2.Contact Status and Finding a Job: Validation and Extension / Dan Ao -- 3.Homophily and Heterophily in the Position-Generated Networks in the U.S. and China / Dan Ao -- 4.Status-Based Differential Memory and Measurement of Social Capital: Recall Errors and Bias Estimates / Nan Lin -- pt. II Endogeneity of Social Capital: Structural and Network Features -- 5.Similarities and Differences in Relation-Specific Social Resources Among Three Societies: Taiwan, China and the United States / Ronald L. Breiger -- 6.How Social Capital Changes During One's Current Job: Work Conditions and Contact Patterns / Szu-Ying Lee -- 7.Occupational Sex Composition, Cultural Contexts and Social Capital Formation: Cases of the United States and Taiwan / Chi-Tsun Chiu -- 8.The Internet Implications for Social Capital: Stock, Changes and Tie Strength / Wenhong Chen --

Contents note continued: pt. III Accessing and Mobilizing Social Capital: Institutional, Networking and Organizational Factors -- 9.Job Search Chains and Embedded Resources: A Comparative Analysis Among Taiwan, China and the US / Chih-Jou Jay Chen -- 10.Network and Contact Diversities in Race and Gender and Status Attainment in the United States / Joonmo Son -- 11.The Road to Democracy: A Three-Society Comparison of Civic Network Structures / Hang Young Lee -- pt. IV Social Capital and Well-Being -- 12.Social Capital in the Workplace and Health Disruptions: A Cross-National Investigation / Martha Crowley -- 13.Bright and Dark Sides of Who You Know in the Evaluation of Well-Being: Social Capital and Life Satisfaction Across Three Societies / Lijun Song.