網絡位置、連結強度、領導能力與學術經歷關係對於知識創造的影響

The relationship of Network Position, Tie Strength, Leadership and Academic Experience to Knowledge Creation

劉志興(Chih-Hsing Liu)

指導教授 ： 陳家聲

國立臺灣大學/管理學院/商學研究所/博士(2011年)

https://doi.org/10.6342/NTU.2011.10713

摘要

社會網絡近年來已受到廣泛的注意並將其運用到個人對於新知識的學習與知識創造的探討上。然而，將社會網絡觀念結合領導能力與學術經驗來探究其對於知識創造的影響卻很少有文獻深入探究。為了彌補這個缺憾，本研究以學者網絡為主題收集長期間的學者發表資料來探討其社會網絡結構如何影響知識創造的過程。為了驗證理論模型，本研究採用二種不同的迴歸方式來檢測研究假說，樣本包括427個台灣學者及3,356個國際著名期刊發表的觀測值來探究其對於知識創造的歷程。研究結果發現，首先，在知識創造的量方面，網絡中心位置及連帶強度與知識創造的量具有非線性的倒U關係。其次在知識創造的質方面，網絡中心位置與知識創造的質具有非線性的倒U關係，然而連帶強度僅有直線關係，意味著互動頻率越高知識創造的品質愈佳。另外在調節效果部份，本研究發現，領導能力及學術經驗對於知識創造除了具有正向效果外，其對於知識創造的質具有正向的調節作用，對於知識創造的量則是具有負向調節效果。此結果顯示，在學術界知識創造的質與量係具有一定的取捨效果。
整體來說，本研究結果為現存的網絡理論做一延伸，除了讓人得以一窥目前學者網絡的特有現象外，也可將其延伸到企業管理實務應用，相關理論貢獻及實務意含在結論段也一併被探討。

關鍵字

連帶強度 ； 網絡位置 ； 經驗 ； 領導力 ； 知識創造

並列摘要

Social network has gained recent popularity as a means for established individuals to learn about new knowledge and enhance knowledge creation. However, the link between such social structure and the impact of leadership and experience on the knowledge creation process has not been examined in detail. For fill this gap, this paper used longitudinal data from scholars in academic fields and investigated the conditions under which maintenance of social structures affects knowledge creation process. Two regression models were used to test the hypotheses in a sample of 427 individuals and 3,356 observations of knowledge creation. The results showed, First, the results showed that the centrality position and tie strength has an inverted U-shaped relationship with quantity of knowledge creation performance. Second, the centrality position has an inverted U-shaped relationship with quality of knowledge creation while tie strength has direct relationship with knowledge creation quality, it means interaction frequency would positively influence knowledge quality. Third, academic experience and leadership provides direct effect of knowledge creation. Finally, in the moderating effect discussion, experience and leadership would provide positive moderate effect in quality of knowledge and negative moderate effect in quantity of knowledge. The results investigated the tradeoff relationships between quality and quantity of knowledge creation.
Overall, the results of this study extension the existed social network theory, in addition to investigated the particular phenomena in academic network and also can be extended to the practical application of business management. The theoretical and empirical implications of this paper are discussed in the conclusion.

並列關鍵字

Tie Strength ； Network Position ； Experience ； Leadership ； Knowledge Creation

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