A Study on Impacts of Governance Mechanisms of R&D on R&D Performance – from the Perspective of Communities of Practice (CoPs)

• Main Authors: Chih-Yu Yeh, 葉芝佑
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/80151552678815235735

碩士 === 中原大學 === 企業管理研究所 === 98 === This study explores the relationships between “governance mechanisms of R&D”, and “formation of CoPs”, and the relationships between “formation of CoPs” and “R&D performance”, along with the moderating role of participative leadership on the relationships between “governance mechanisms of R&D” and “formation of CoPs”. A questionnaire survey was designed to test the research hypotheses. The targeted respondents of the questionnaires are R&D members in high-tech industries in Taiwan. Out of 330 copies of dispatched questionnaires, 163 valid questionnaires were received that made a respond rate of 49.4%. The results find that: i.Among four constructs of “governance mechanisms of R&D”, “organizational structure” (horizontal organizational structure) and “qualification of professional status” both positively associate with all three constructs (i.e. “communication”, “professional identification”, and “open-mindedness”) of “formation of CoPs”; and “span of integration” positively associates with “communication” and “open-mindedness” of CoPs but not on “Professional identification” of CoPs; while “Allocation of accountabilities” does not associate with any aspect of “Formation of CoPs”. ii.“Professional identification” and “open-mindedness” of CoPs have positive impacts on R&D performance, but “communication” has no significant impact on R&D performance. iii.“Participative leadership” only has a marginal moderate effect on the relationship between “governance mechanisms of R&D” and “formation of CoPs”.