The moderating effect of organizational knowledge utilization on top management team’s social capital and the innovation quality of high-tech firms
Journal of Knowledge Management
ISSN: 1367-3270
Article publication date: 28 August 2024
Issue publication date: 19 November 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the following issues: the mechanisms through which different types of top management team’s social capital influence the innovation quality of high-tech firms, and the moderating effect of organizational knowledge utilization on the relationship between top management team’s social capital and innovation quality in high-tech firms.
Design/methodology/approach
This study categorizes top management team’s social capital into political, business and academic dimensions, investigating their impact on innovation quality in high-tech firms. Furthermore, a research model is developed with organizational knowledge utilization as the moderating variable. Data from Chinese high-tech firms between 2010 and 2019 are collected as samples for analysis.
Findings
The innovation quality of high-tech firms shows an inverted U-shaped trend as the top management team’s political capital and business capital increase. The top management team’s academic capital has a significantly positive correlation with the innovation quality of high-tech firms. Moreover, organizational knowledge utilization plays a significant moderating role in the relationship between the top management team’s social capital and innovation quality in high-tech firms.
Originality/value
This study explores the relationship among different dimensions of top management team’s social capital, innovation quality and organizational knowledge utilization. It holds significant theoretical value in enriching and refining the interactions between top management team’s social capital, knowledge management theory and innovation management theory. In addition, it offers important practical implications for firms to rationally approach top management team’s social capital, emphasize top management team configuration management and establish a comprehensive and efficient organizational knowledge utilization mechanism.
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Acknowledgements
The paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Project of China (Grant No. 72274165), the Applied Basic Research Key Project of Yunnan Province (Grant No. 202301AS070072) and the Yunnan Philosophy and Social Science Innovation Team Project. The authors thank them wholeheartedly for funding the authors’ research.
Citation
Duan, Y., Wang, K., Chang, H., Liu, W. and Xie, C. (2024), "The moderating effect of organizational knowledge utilization on top management team’s social capital and the innovation quality of high-tech firms", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 28 No. 10, pp. 3104-3128. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-08-2023-0678
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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