社会资本促进了组织创新吗?——一项基于Meta分析的研究

Does social capital promote organizational innovation? a meta-analysis on the relationship between social capital and organizational innovation

社会资本能否有效促进组织创新,学术界尚未达成共识。论文应用元分析方法,通过整理分析近年来国内外关于社会资本与组织创新的相关研究(49项研究的14014个独立样本),证明社会资本对组织创新绩效存在显著的正向影响,关系程度为中等(r=0.332)。并进一步探讨了社会资本的各维度分别对组织创新的影响,发现结构资本、关系资本、认知资本均对组织创新具有显著的作用。接着,又研究了中介变量、情景因素等调节变量对两者关系的影响。结果表明,在没有中介变量时,两者的相关程度更高;在东方文化背景下以及在高新技术产业中,社会资本对组织创新的影响更显著。

There is no consensus whether social capital can promote organizational innovation. This study meta - analytically integrated results from piles of social capital researches in organizational innovation. Based on 49 independent samples （N = 14014） , it found a positive significant and medium relationship between social capital and organizational innovation with r = 0. 332. Then it explored this relationship from the perspective of dimensions of social capital. It turned out that structural capital, relational capital and cognitive capital were all positive significantly relevant to the organizational innovation. Finally, it derived moderators of this relationship con- cerning on existence of mediators, cultural and industrial difference. It showed that the relationship was higher for the existence of me- diators and both the cultural and industrial factors inference the relationship with a stronger effect in the context of eastern culture and a more obvious effect in high- tech industry.