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| When Guanxi Fills Structural Holes:A Research on the Micro Mechanism of University's Sci-tech Achievements Transformation |
| Liu Jiayuan,Li Jun,Yan Jianzhou |
| (School of International Pharmaceutical Business,China Pharmaceutical University,Nanjing 211198,China) |
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Abstract Tacit knowledge conversion is the key to the transformation of university’s scientific and technological achievements (TUSTA).However,tacit knowledge is highly personal,difficult to articulate,and subconscious,making it particularly hard to convert.Social network has been viewed as the main channel of tacit knowledge conversion,but disperse structural holes can cause poor communication among TUSTA members,leading to limited information mobilization.Guanxi can alleviate such disadvantages,because it pursues resource mobilization in the form of favor exchange,renqing accumulation and mianzi preservation.Therefore,this paper puts forward a scientific hypothesis that strategically leveraging guanxi to buffer the negative impacts of structural holes can promote the effective conversion of tacit knowledge,so as to advance TUSTA.This paper aims to explore the dynamics of social networks for tacit knowledge conversion in TUSTA settings,investigating the impacts of structural holes and guanxi on the externalization and socialization of tacit knowledge respectively.In addition,it intends to study the moderating effect of guanxi on structural holes,exploring how guanxi and structural holes coordinate beneficially to promote the effective conversion of tacit knowledge among TUSTA members.It can hence be seen that this paper has significant theoretical and practical implications for TUSTA enhancement.
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Received: 05 August 2020
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