TMT social capital, network position and innovation: the nature of micro-macro links

Guoyang Zheng (), Li Zhu (), Chao Liu () and Yu Chen ()
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Guoyang Zheng: Renmin University of China
Li Zhu: Peking University
Chao Liu: Renmin University of China
Yu Chen: Peking University

Frontiers of Business Research in China, 2019, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-23

Abstract: Abstract Employing a sample of 1476 firms and 5130 firm-years in China, we examine the relationship between social capital and macro organizational innovation. Based on the relational view and social capital theory, this study investigates how the top management team (TMT) inside an organization bridges and bonds social capital to influence innovations combined with organizational network position. Through empirical tests based on listed companies in the whole network of the interlocking directorate using the dataset of listed companies in China from 2008 to 2014, the study finds that: (1) TMT global social capital has an essential positive effect on innovation, (2) TMT overseas social capital has significant positive consequences on prestige and power (network position), (3) network position mediates the relationship between TMT overseas social capital and innovation, and (4) TMT bank social capital has a moderating effect on the relationship between network position and innovation.

Keywords: Top management team (TMT); Power; Prestige; Network position; Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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