Using social integration mechanisms to boost absorptive capacity: Walking a tightrope

IF 3.4 3区 管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT
Guillermo Antonio Dávila, Tatiana Andreeva, Alf Steiner Sætre
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Abstract

With the increasing recognition of the value of external knowledge, organisations are interested in understanding how to boost their absorptive capacity. Social integration mechanisms have been theorised as a key predictor of absorptive capacity, both as a necessary condition for the development of its dimensions (knowledge acquisition, assimilation, transformation and application) and as a contingency factor that influences the relationships between these dimensions. However, the empirical evidence that explores these ideas is limited. To address this, we explore the survey data from 145 Brazilian firms and find that social integration mechanisms play a controversial role in absorptive capacity. Without a certain level of social integration mechanism usage, high levels of the absorptive capacity dimensions are not possible. However, social integration mechanisms also dampen the positive effects of knowledge acquisition on knowledge assimilation and transformation. Therefore, the highest level of usage of social integration mechanisms is not always beneficial for organisations.
利用社会融合机制提高吸收能力:走钢丝
随着外部知识的价值日益得到认可,各组织都希望了解如何提高自身的吸收能力。社会融合机制被认为是预测吸收能力的关键因素,既是吸收能力各维度(知识获取、吸收、转化和应用)发展的必要条件,也是影响这些维度之间关系的偶然因素。然而,探讨这些观点的实证证据却很有限。为了解决这个问题,我们对 145 家巴西企业的调查数据进行了研究,发现社会融合机制在吸收能力中发挥着有争议的作用。没有一定程度的社会融合机制,就不可能有高水平的吸收能力。然而,社会融合机制也会削弱知识获取对知识吸收和转化的积极作用。因此,社会融合机制的最高使用水平并不总是对组织有利。
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期刊介绍: The European Management Review is an international journal dedicated to advancing the understanding of management in private and public sector organizations through empirical investigation and theoretical analysis. The European Management Review provides an international forum for dialogue between researchers, thereby improving the understanding of the nature of management in different settings and promoting the transfer of research results to management practice. Although one of the European Management Review"s aims is to foster the general advancement of management scholarship among European scholars and/or those academics interested in European management issues.
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