A social Network Analysis Approach to the Effects of Diversity-Performance in R&D Teams in Korea
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The researcher argues that the debate regarding the performance implications of team member diversity can be usefully reframed in terms of the network variables that reflect distinct forms of social capital. Scholars who are negative about the performance of diverse teams base their view on the hypothesis that decreased network density lowers a team's capacity for coordination. The positive view is founded on the hypothesis that teams that are characterized by high network heterogeneity, whereby relationships on the team cut across significant network boundaries, enjoy an enhanced learning capability. The researcher test each and the interactions of these hypotheses directly and thereby avoid the problematic assumption that they contradict one another. Our analysis of data on the social networks, organizational tenure, and productivity of 52 R&D teams from the electronics industry in Korea indicates that both network variables help enhance team productivity. These findings support a recasting of the diversity-performance debate in terms of the network processes that are more proximate to outcomes of interest.
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The researcher argues that the debate regarding the performance implications of team member diversity can be usefully reframed in terms of the network variables that reflect distinct forms of social capital. Scholars who are negative about the performance of diverse teams base their view on the hypothesis that decreased network density lowers a team's capacity for coordination. The positive view is founded on the hypothesis that teams that are characterized by high network heterogeneity, whereby relationships on the team cut across significant network boundaries, enjoy an enhanced learning capability. The researcher test each and the interactions of these hypotheses directly and thereby avoid the problematic assumption that they contradict one another. Our analysis of data on the social networks, organizational tenure, and productivity of 52 R&D teams from the electronics industry in Korea indicates that both network variables help enhance team productivity. These findings support a recasting of the diversity-performance debate in terms of the network processes that are more proximate to outcomes of interest.
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