Victor Cui

Trust in the Workplace: The Role of Social Interaction Diversity in the Community and in the Workplace

Extending the literature on social capital development in the community, this article examines the impact of diverse social interactions (in the community and the workplace) on the development of social trust in the workplace, and investigates whether their effects differ in individualistic and collectivistic cultures. Using survey data collected in Canada and China, the authors find that the diversity of one’s social interactions in the community is positively associated with one’s social trust in the workplace, and this relationship is not significantly different between the two cultures. Diversity of one’s social interactions in the workplace is also positively associated with one’s social trust in the workplace, though only in collectivistic cultures.

Do Alliances Lead to Competition? An Empirical Analysis of the US Biopharmaceutical Industry

This study extends the learning race perspective to examine whether familiarity between firms developed through R&D alliances will motivate them to engage in technological competitions. Specifically, we argue that the payoffs of an alliance, in terms of common and private benefits that accrue to individual firms, are updated over the course of alliances between two firms. Firms are likely to reduce competition in their initial alliance contacts for the prospect of larger common benefits over private benefits. However, the likelihood of competition is heightened at later stages of their repeated interactions due to increased payoffs in private benefits. We further contend that this U-shaped relationship between the number of R&D alliances and technological competition is moderated by partner firm’s reputation of trustworthiness and technological similarity with the focal firm. Analyses of US biopharmaceutical firms during 1985 and 2004 support our hypotheses. Our study contributes to an enriched understand...