El papel del capital social de los grupos de investigación en su rendimiento científico: la importancia de compartir el conocimiento
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https://doi.org/10.51302/rtss.2022.4665Palabras clave:
capital social, capital estructural, capital relacional, capital cognitivo, compartir conocimiento, grupos de investigación, rendimiento científicoResumen
Analizar el rendimiento de los investigadores/as académicos, así como los factores que influyen en él, sigue siendo relevante, especialmente en el contexto español, debido al proceso de cambio en el que se ha visto inmerso el sistema universitario del país. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el papel del capital social de los grupos de investigación y su efecto en la productividad científica. Para ello se llevó a cabo un estudio empírico en el que participaron 283 académicos y académicas pertenecientes a 87 grupos de investigación de una universidad española. Los resultados revelan que la existencia de un alto nivel de capital social de los grupos de investigación influye directa y negativamente en la productividad científica. Sin embargo, nuestros hallazgos también muestran que dicho efecto está mediado de manera positiva y significativa cuando se comparte conocimiento, lo que pone de manifiesto la importancia de compartir el conocimiento entre los miembros del equipo para que el capital social redunde en una mejora de la productividad científica. Así pues, con este estudio se evidencia la importancia de que los grupos de investigación se configuren no solo como redes de colaboración, sino también como equipos intensivos en conocimiento.
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