A study of human and social capital on Hollywood actors' career success.

• Main Author: Khong, Shi Hui.
• Other Authors: Wong Sze Sze
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::General::Careers and profession
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15119
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This research study aims to investigate how social and human capital affects a hollywood actor's career success. Findings from data collected from IMDB on 100 actor and actresses indicate that diversity of experience, namely diversity of genre of films, are higher for successful actors than uns...