Citation

Wu W. J. Manag. Stud. 2008; 45(1): 122-146.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00741.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study investigates the mediating role of information sharing in the relationships between dimensions of social capital and firm competitiveness, thereby positing a possible explanation for the divergent empirical results of the social capital–performance relationship in the existing literature. The study uses a sample of 108 Hong Kong-based Chinese family-owned firms from the manufacturing sector. Largely supporting the theoretical predictions, the results from multiple regression and structural equation model tests show that information sharing plays a mediating role in the relationships between three dimensions of social capital (trust, network ties, and repeated transactions) and firm competitiveness improvement.