INTERPERSONAL AND INTERACTION INFLUENCES ON INFORMAL RESOURCE EXCHANGES BETWEEN R&D RESEARCHERS ACROSS ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES

摘要

Though key to fostering innovation, interpersonal exchanges of resources between R&D scientists across organizational obundaries can represent intellectual capital leaks. A grounded theoretical framework is developed for individual exchange decisions. Social capital emerges as the key success factor in this resources acquisition priocess. Strategic resources can only be exchanged under conditions of acquaintance and mutual trust. The economic interests of a scientist's emplying firm and personal considerations are intertwined.