SOCIAL CAPITAL AND KNOWLEDGE CREATION: DIMINISHING RETURNS OF THE NUMBER AND STRENGTH OF EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIPS.

abstract

• This study analyzed the relationship between social capital and knowledge creation at the individual level. Our limited theory of knowledge creation encompasses the number and strength of the relationships that a person maintains. Hypothesis tests in a sample of biomedical research scientists strongly supported predictions. As relationships increased in number, returns to knowledge creation diminished. Increased interactions with a single other showed a similar effect. The strength of interpersonal relations had a higher marginal effect on knowledge creation than the number of relations.

authors

• Cannella, Albert

published proceedings

• Academy of Management Journal

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• McFadyen, M. A., & Cannella, A. A.

citation count

• 466

complete list of authors

• McFadyen, MA||Cannella, AA

publication date

• October 2004

publisher

• Academy of Management  Publisher

published in

• Academy of Management Journal  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2307/20159615

start page

• 735

end page

• 746

volume

• 47

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20159615