Dynamic Modeling and Structural Equation Analysis of Team Innovativeness Under the Influence of Social Capital and Conflict Mediation

Ekaterina V. Orlova ()
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Ekaterina V. Orlova: Department of Economics and Management, Ufa University of Science and Technology, 450076 Ufa, Russia

Mathematics, 2025, vol. 13, issue 20, 1-21

Abstract: The issue of modeling the personal innovativeness of project team members is determined in this study. Findings from prior research on social capital associated with innovations and innovative activities reveal that social capital factors such as trust, social networks and connections, and social values determine a person’s attitude to innovations. Different connections involved in bridging (external) and bonding (internal) social capital can create conflict between project team members in different ways. To stimulate innovation in a conflict environment, a specially configured conflict management system is required that is capable of regulating the strength and intensity of the relationship between project team members. This paper analyzes the relationship between three constructs—innovativeness, social capital, and conflict. The existence of these latent constructs, which are formed by observable indicators of employees, is proven using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The construct of innovativeness depends on indicators such as creativity, risk propensity, and strategicity. Social capital includes observable indicators such as trust, social networks and connections, and social norms and values. Conflict consists of observable indicators of conflict between tasks, processes, and relationships. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), the causal relationship between social capital and innovativeness is substantiated with the mediating role of conflict in project groups between its participants—innovators and adaptors. The developed sociodynamic model for measuring conflict between innovators and adapters examines the required values of the controlled parameters of intra-group and inter-group connections between innovators and adapters in order to achieve equilibrium conflict dynamics, resulting in cooperation between them. This study was conducted using data from a survey of employees of a research organization. All model constructs were tested on a sample of employees as a whole, as well as for groups of innovators and adaptors separately.

Keywords: personal innovativeness; social capital; social conflict; structural equation modeling; causal inference; sociodynamic modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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