Abstract
This paper is based on the definition of social capital and technology innovation team. The related theory of social capital, especially the study about inner social capital in team is reviewed. A scaling table about inner social capital in technology innovation team including 25 items is developed initially. 95 valid questionnaires are collected about technology innovation teams in agriculture industry of Sichuan province. The method of item analysis, the test of reliability and validity are adopted. Finally, three constructs including 16 items are kept to form the scaling table.
Highlights
The theory of social capital is considered to be one of the most influencing theories since 20th 90(Woolcock & Narayan, 2000)
A scaling table about inner social capital in technology innovation team including 25 items is developed initially. 95 valid questionnaires are collected about technology innovation teams in agriculture industry of Sichuan province
Through the literatures′ review, we can find that the research of social capital in organizational management is focused on the company (Tsai & Ghoshal, 1998; Yanjie Bian & Haixiong Qiu, 2000; Fanghua Zhang, 2006; Hongming Xie, Cheng Wang & Yechun Wu, 2007)
Summary
The theory of social capital is considered to be one of the most influencing theories since 20th 90(Woolcock & Narayan, 2000). The interaction of the both make the organizations′ competitive advantage consolidated This is one of the classic studies in the theory of social capital. Leana and Van Buren (1999) research social capital from the level of organization. Through the literatures′ review, we can find that the research of social capital in organizational management is focused on the company (Tsai & Ghoshal, 1998; Yanjie Bian & Haixiong Qiu, 2000; Fanghua Zhang, 2006; Hongming Xie, Cheng Wang & Yechun Wu, 2007). Because of the own debate of social capital (Wenhong Zhang, 2003) and the difference of measuring tool, the scaling table should be moderate to different kinds of teams (Jianglin Ke et al, 2007). This paper will develop scaling table about inner social capital in technology innovation team and test its reliability and validity
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