TY - JOUR
T1 - Social capital and knowledge transfer
T2 - A multi-level analysis
AU - Wei, Jun
AU - Zheng, Wei
AU - Zhang, Mian
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - This study explores how individual level and team level social capital characteristics manifest their joint influence on knowledge transfer, considering team social capital as a moderator between individual social capital and knowledge transfer. Situated in a post-training context, a survey of 390 individuals from 30 teams in a Chinese bank was conducted. Our results revealed that team social capital interacted with individual social capital in influencing knowledge transfer. At the individual level, distance and structural equivalence between the knowledge seeker and the knowledge source influenced how much knowledge was transferred between them. Furthermore, team network density mitigated the negative effect of distance on knowledge transfer, and team learning culture reduced the positive effect of structural equivalence on knowledge transfer. Theoretical implications based on the findings are drawn.
AB - This study explores how individual level and team level social capital characteristics manifest their joint influence on knowledge transfer, considering team social capital as a moderator between individual social capital and knowledge transfer. Situated in a post-training context, a survey of 390 individuals from 30 teams in a Chinese bank was conducted. Our results revealed that team social capital interacted with individual social capital in influencing knowledge transfer. At the individual level, distance and structural equivalence between the knowledge seeker and the knowledge source influenced how much knowledge was transferred between them. Furthermore, team network density mitigated the negative effect of distance on knowledge transfer, and team learning culture reduced the positive effect of structural equivalence on knowledge transfer. Theoretical implications based on the findings are drawn.
KW - communication
KW - information/knowledge management
KW - knowledge transfer
KW - learning
KW - organizational culture
KW - personnel training/development
KW - social networks
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U2 - 10.1177/0018726711417025
DO - 10.1177/0018726711417025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80555145894
SN - 0018-7267
VL - 64
SP - 1401
EP - 1423
JO - Human Relations
JF - Human Relations
IS - 11
ER -