Relational Capital in Business

Innovation, Value and Competitiveness
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-60082-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 223 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

The concept of relational capital mainly refers to the value of the relationships a company creates with its stakeholders. These relationships inspired the authors to analyze their importance in the context of creating value for the enterprise and to explore the importance of leadership and communication in building relationships with the environment. Internal relational capital refers to the organization’s set of intellectual property, work processes and methods, executive procedures, databases, communication and information infrastructure. Employee relations and leadership activities become pivotal in this context, as improving relational competence and intra-organizational relational capital can foster building lasting relationships with external stakeholders. This book comprises two parts. The first is devoted to discussing the most important concepts and issues related to the essence and importance of relational capital in modern companies, characterizing methods and tools for building relational capital, while pointing to the role of leadership in shaping employee engagement and building intra-organizational relationships. The second part contains the results of empirical research on the importance of relational capital in organizations from the point of view of managers, and the features and scope of maintained relationships with stakeholders. This research allowed for the evaluation of ongoing relationships in terms of how they improved innovation, financial performance, or access to resources. The book will be especially valuable to researchers, academics, professionals and advanced students in the fields of organizational studies, employment relations and leadership.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drewniak, Rafa¿

Drewniak, Rafal

S¿upska, Urszula

Slupska, Urszula

Drewniak, Zbigniew

Posadzinska, Iwona

Karaszewski, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Chapter 1. Relational capital – concept, meaning, methods Chapter 2. Scope of interaction and measurement of relational capital Chapter 3. Research methodology used Chapter 4. Building company relationships Chapter 5. Improving intra-organizational relationships Chapter 6. Relational capital in the context of innovation, value and competitiveness Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Rafal Drewniak is an associate professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland and the Faculty of Management, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland. His research interests focus on problems of strategic alliances, strategic management, knowledge management, leadership and innovations.

Urszula Slupska is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Management, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland. Her main research areas are virtual organizations, cooperation between enterprises, innovation and enterprise competitiveness.

Zbigniew Drewniak is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Management, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland. His main research areas are corporate finance, capital market, private equity/venture capital investments and innovations.

Iwona Posadzinska is an associate professor at the Faculty of Management, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland. Her main research areas are B2B marketing, enterprise management, construction market and corporate social responsibility.

Robert Karaszewski is a professor at American University in Emirates, United Arab Emirates and the Faculty of Management, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland. He studies empirical service organization, total quality management, competitiveness of corporate business, leadership and knowledge management.