Relationships between organizational network coordination and capability: Evidence from Chinese hydropower firms
LEI Zhen, TANG Wenzhe, SUN Hongxin, YOU Richun
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Institution of Project Management and Construction Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Abstract:The relationship between the organizational network coordination and the organization's capability is valuable for optimizing resource allocation and capability development. Existing studies, however, have only analyzed the relationship from a limited perspective with only a limited number of studies focusing on the construction industry. This study uses data from Chinese hydropower firms to study the interactions between organizational network coordination and capability. Mean value analyse provided holistic pictures of the firms' organizational coordination and capabilities. Cluster analyse revealed the resource-oriented nature of the construction firms' capabilities. A canonical correlation analysis and a regression analysis showed that internal coordination has a stronger effect on capability than external coordination and that the relationship between internal coordination and the dynamic capabilities of resource transformation and the relationship between external coordination and basic resource capability more strongly affect the interactions between coordination and capability. The relationships between network coordination and capability vary to some extent in different kinds of firms. The findings provide practical guidance to construction firms to optimize resource allocation and promote their sustainable development.
雷振, 唐文哲, 孙洪昕, 尤日淳. 基于水电工程企业的组织网络协作与组织能力的交互关系研究[J]. 清华大学学报(自然科学版), 2017, 57(7): 738-746.
LEI Zhen, TANG Wenzhe, SUN Hongxin, YOU Richun. Relationships between organizational network coordination and capability: Evidence from Chinese hydropower firms. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology), 2017, 57(7): 738-746.
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