سرمایه اجتماعی و یکپارچه سازی دانش در مدیریت پروژه
Abstract
1- Data
2- Experimental design, materials, and methods
References
Abstract
This research aimed at gaining insight into the behavioural dimensions of projects by recognizing the social capital and the ability of project leaders to incorporate knowledge. The concept and three dimensions of social capital theory, namely structural, relational and cognitive, serve as the basis of the design in this research. The theoretical framework based on the interaction between social capital and the integration of knowledge. A survey was conducted to assess the latent variables of social capital of a project leader on the latent variable of knowledge integration capability. The research carried out with a sample of project management professionals (n = 316), provided project members’ perceptions on the behavioural attributes of project leaders. Structural equation modelling demonstrated the significant positive effect of structural and relational social capital on the integration of knowledge in the project management, but no significant relationship established between cognitive social capital and knowledge integration.
Method
The measures given in the provided dataset were gathered from primary research and an online survey questionnaire. The questionnaire includes items related to three dimensions of social capital (structural, relational, cognitive) and knowledge integration in project teams. It also includes questions related to demographics (gender, age, education) and project characteristics (have been a project manager, experience, total number of projects participated). The survey was administered to sample of 316 project management professionals in Turkey with provided written informed consent. Social capital is multidimensional and endogenous which makes it more difficult to observe directly. Therefore, the survey approach and the use of SEM as a tool for data analysis were appropriate for evaluating the latent variables in the model. The use of Structural Equation Modelling permits both the measurement and evaluation of a priori model components. The analysis of measurement model provided a way to link multiple observable indicators to each latent in order to understand unobservable variables, therefore the dimensions of the social capital investigated [14]. The structural part of the model provided a framework for an overall analysis of social capital and its relationship with knowledge integration. Since covarying interrelationship of the structural, relational, and cognitive social capital variables exist, SEM would be the best option to integrate all these relationships at once. Fig. 1 highlights both the measurement model and the structural model.