دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی محرکانی برای اجرا در گروه های تحقیقاتی خلاق - الزویر 2018

Abstract

This article contributes to research on transactive memory systems (TMSs) by analyzing the relationship between trust, collective mind (CM), and network ties (NT) as antecedents of performance in innovative university research (IUR), and the mediating role of the TMS in these relationships. The conceptual model grounded in seven hypotheses is tested through structural equations modeling. The data analyzed are drawn from 257 directors Spanish university research groups. The results show that TRUST, CM, and NT are positively related to the TMS and that the TMS is positively related to IUR. The most striking result is that the TMS mediates the relationships of TRUST, CM, and NT to IUR, becoming a necessary condition for TRUST, CM, and NT to improve IUR. These results support the conclusion that managers of university research groups should promote the development of TMSs to stimulate IUR in order to make these groups more competitive.

Conclusions

As universities’ future depends on proper development and management of research teams, research on groups, especially university research groups, is growing. Nevertheless, many questions remain, such as whatrole internal group processes and managerial perceptions play, and how one can improve the performance of innovative research, particularly in the university context. Our investigation presents an empirical study that analyzes the effects of TRUST, CM, and NT as antecedents of the TMS, and evaluates the mediating effect of the TMS on these relationships with IUR. Our results indicate that the facilitating elements TRUST, CM, and NT encourage creation of the TMS in university research groups. They also show that IUR is positively related to development of the TMS. Finally, they demonstrate mediation of the TMS in the relationship of TRUST, CM, and NT to IUR. The study contributes to analysis of management from a university research perspective and provides specific empirical information to enhance the TMS in this context. As the existing literature contains no empirical studies that analyze the relationships tested in university research environments, the results are important in enabling us to orient these organizations as they seek to improve their research strategy. The study serves as a model for groups who wish to strengthen in their research activities, as the results provide a work instrument for managers and researchers in universities. Further, our results provide empirical support for studies of groups and help us to trust increasingly in work groups as another tool for overcoming today’s challenges.