Social capital and innovation in R&D teams: the mediating roles of psychological safety and learning from mistakes |
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| Authors: | Qinxuan Gu Greg G. Wang Lihong Wang |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, , Shanghai, 200052 China;2. College of Business and Technology, The University of Texas at Tyler, , Tyler, Texas, 75799 USA;3. Management School, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, , Shanghai, 201620 China |
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| Abstract: | The relationship between social capital and R&D team innovation has received increasing attention in the literature. However, little is known about the mechanisms between the two. This study aims to narrow the gap by investigating the mediating roles of psychological safety and learning from mistakes between the three dimensions of social capital and innovation at team level. Our sample comprised 151 R&D teams with 585 members from nine Chinese high‐tech companies. The results showed that psychological safety and learning from mistakes (LFM) partially mediated the relationship between the structural and cognitive capital and innovation in R&D teams, and fully mediated the relationship between the relational capital and innovation in R&D teams. We further discussed subsequent managerial implications and future research directions. |
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