Abstract: Based on the perspectives of “network closure” and “structural hole” of social capital， this paper argues that “trust” and “network position” are the fundamental characteristics of corporative social capital. It is proposed that corporative social capital should be analysed on the organizational and group levels and within the internal and external entities of the corporation. In this analytical framework for measurement of corporative social capital， the corporation on the organizational level is viewed as the node in the network and corporative social capital is treated as the corporation’s formal relationships characteristic of the network structure. On the group level， corporative social capital is treated as the internal trust within the personnel and its position in personal networks.

Key words: concept and measurement, corporative social capital, network closure, structural hole