Social capital configuration and the contingent value of the cross-national diversity: A multi-group analysis

Abstract

The present paper attempts take an in-depth look into the configuration of social capital as a multi-dimensional construct, and unlike other studies, the dimensions are interrelated, and all of this in a global inter-organizational context. This work also analyses the influence of the cross-national diversity of corporate governance on the configuration of social capital. A variance-based structural equation modelling (partial least squares) and the multi-group analysis have been applied to a sample consisting of 225 global contractors. The findings lead us to argue that the different dimensions of social capital configuration do not act independently, but they exert a certain effect among themselves, and also affect the international market share of the company. Furthermore, the way each company configures the dimensions of social capital dimensions will depend on the company's corporate governance style.