RT journal article
T1 The performance of researchers in multidisciplinary research groups: does social capital matter?
A1 Martín Alcázar, Fernando
A1 Ruiz Martínez, Marta
A1 Sánchez Gardey, Gonzalo
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 diversity
K1 multidisciplinarity
K1 research
K1 researchers’ performance
K1 social capital
AB The aim of this article is to discuss the relationship between disciplinary diversity (multidisciplinarity) and the performance of researchers, exploring the moderating role of social capital. The article contributes to the literature explaining the internal processes of multidisciplinary research units and how they affect the scientific perfor- mance of researchers. Furthermore, the article explores the potential moderating role of social capital and how relational dynamics can mitigate the potential problems associated with multidisciplinarity. To test the hypotheses proposed, we performed a quantitative study based on a sample of 155 researchers in the field of academic man- agement. Multiple regression analysis was used in the empirical analysis. The findings suggest that a positive relationship between researchers’ performance and multidisci- plinarity exists (an inverted U-shaped relationship). Estimations also show that internal social capital moderates this curvilinear relationship, making it possible to achieve higher research performance at higher levels of multidisciplinarity.
PB SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
SN 1461-7226
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31237
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31237
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 09-nov-2026