Date of Award
Summer 2019
Document Type
Open Access Dissertation
First Advisor
Sherry M. B. Thatcher
Abstract
Although a large body of human capital research supports the critical role of human capital resource (HCR) in unit performance, very little research has paid attention to how to measure HCR, where HCR originates, and how HCR influences team performance. Given the lack of a measure that reflects the unique characteristics of HCR (e.g., transformation of individual KSAOs through emergence processes), I develop and validate a new comprehensive HCR scale. I test a 14-item scale with a sample of 97 undergraduate students in 24 teams. Results show this scale is internally consistent, reliable, and valid. In addition, drawing on human capital, faultlines, and multilevel theories, I build on two forms of a team’s KSAOs that capture the level and configuration of the KSAOs (i.e., the mean level of KSAOs and KSAO-based faultlines). I examine how both the mean level of KSAOs and KSAO-based faultlines influence HCR, how team processes (i.e., communication, transactive memory system, and team positive affect) affect these relationships, and how HCR impacts team performance. Using a sample of 268 undergraduate students in 66 teams, I find that the mean level of KSAOs and KSAO-based faultlines significantly interact to influence HCR. The conceptual arguments and empirical findings developed in this dissertation contribute to the human capital literature by building knowledge about a team’s KSAOs, HCR, team processes, and team performance.
Rights
© 2019, Jieun Park
Recommended Citation
Park, J.(2019). Human Capital Resource Development in Teams: Antecedents, Consequences, and Scale Development of Human Capital Resources. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/5407