The Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing and Intrapreneurship in the Effect of Social Capital on Innovativenessk
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In today's ever-evolving economic climate, new ideas are the lifeblood of any successful enterprise. To gain and keep an edge in a competitive market, businesses need to adopt novel approaches to conducting business. Effective management of resources created and shared through social ties is necessary for the fulfillment of creative projects. As a result, social capital is crucial in fostering creativity and originality. Companies' ability to innovate is directly tied to the extent to which they leverage the expertise of their workforce to create value for the business. Only when workers are open to taking part in knowledge sharing activities can companies start to deal with knowledge efficiently. The initiative taken by employees within a company is also a key factor in its innovative success. The intrapreneur's efforts to innovate within the company will boost profits. Social capital, knowledge exchange, and intrapreneurship are crucial to the development of new ideas and innovations. Consequently, the purpose of this research was to examine the role of information sharing and intrapreneurship in mediating the impact of social capital on the ability to generate new ideas within an organization. Five hundred eight workers from Libyan firms made up the sample. The data was gathered via a questionnaire. The research scales' validity and reliability were examined first. The data was then analyzed using Process Macro. The findings indicated that social capital's influence on innovation was moderated, to some extent, by knowledge diffusion and intrapreneurship. The importance of social capital, information exchange, and intrapreneurship for innovation has been established by several studies
