Cross-functional collaboration, knowledge transfer and product innovativeness: Contingency effects of social context

Dirk De Clercq; Narongsak (Tek) Thongpapanl; Dimo Dimov

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14594-0_32

Cross-functional collaboration, knowledge transfer and product innovativeness: Contingency effects of social context

Dirk De Clercq, Narongsak (Tek) Thongpapanl, Dimo Dimov

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A contingency perspective is used to examine how social capital influences the relationship between cross-functional collaboration and product innovativeness. Three dimensions of organizations' internal social context (social interaction, trust, and goal congruence) conducive to high-quality knowledge transfer are argued to increase firms' ability to convert cross-functional collaboration into product innovativeness. Several research hypotheses are tested based on a sample of 232 firms. It is found that the relationship between cross-functional collaboration and product innovativeness is amplified at higher levels of the three social capital dimensions. The study's implications for the role of knowledge transfer and social capital in exchange relationships are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Innovation through Knowledge Transfer
Editors	Robert James Howlett
Place of Publication	Berlin, Germany
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	321-331
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642145940
ISBN (Print)	9783642145933
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14594-0_32
Publication status	Published - 15 Jul 2010

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Name	Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume	5
ISSN (Print)	2190-3018
ISSN (Electronic)	2190-3026

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General Decision Sciences
General Computer Science

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De Clercq, D., Thongpapanl, N., & Dimov, D. (2010). Cross-functional collaboration, knowledge transfer and product innovativeness: Contingency effects of social context. In R. J. Howlett (Ed.), Innovation through Knowledge Transfer (pp. 321-331). (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; Vol. 5). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14594-0_32

Cross-functional collaboration, knowledge transfer and product innovativeness: Contingency effects of social context. / De Clercq, Dirk; Thongpapanl, Narongsak (Tek); Dimov, Dimo.
Innovation through Knowledge Transfer. ed. / Robert James Howlett. Berlin, Germany: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. p. 321-331 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; Vol. 5).

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De Clercq, D, Thongpapanl, N & Dimov, D 2010, Cross-functional collaboration, knowledge transfer and product innovativeness: Contingency effects of social context. in RJ Howlett (ed.), Innovation through Knowledge Transfer. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol. 5, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Germany, pp. 321-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14594-0_32

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