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    Mediating Effect of Collaborative Climate in the Impact of Social Capital on Innovation
    (UMT, Lahore, 2018) Maliha Amin
    The positive effect of Social Capital on innovation has been the subject of many researches during the last couple of decades. Nevertheless, the objective of the research was to obtain deeper understanding of the subject by studying the role of Collaborative Climate in this relationship. For the purpose, four hypotheses were developed, the first three predicting positive relationships between Social Capital, Innovation and Collaborative Climate and the last one suggesting the mediating role of Collaborative Climate in the effect of Social Capital on Innovation. SPSS 21 statistical software was used to perform statistical analysis in this study. Various statistical techniques were used for conducting data analysis and arriving at results such as descriptive statistics Cronbach’s Alpha, correlation, regression, etc. For testing of the first three hypotheses, simple regression was used. However, for testing of the last and fourth hypothesis regarding the mediating role of collaborative climate, Baron and Kenny mediation test (1986) along with Sobel test (Sobel, 1986) was employed by using the PROCESS Macro (Hayes, 2013). In order to cross check the mediating effect of collaborative climate and to establish mediation in the relationship, the indirect effect was also calculated on the basis of the methods proposed by (MacKinnon, Lockwood, Hoffman, West, and Sheets, 2002) as well as (MacKinnon, Lockwood, and Williams, 2004). The results of the study established the role of Collaborative Climate as a mediator in the positive impact of Social Capital on Innovation. The implication of this research is that merely positive relationship between Social Capital and Innovation may not automatically lead an organization to innovate and succeed in the market and the recipe for success lies in fostering a Collaborative Climate through a suitable set of Social Capital and preparing the employees for knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer, thus embedding creativity in the whole organization which ultimately leads to innovation in products and processes and ensures long term success in the business world through sustained competitive advantage. The focal recommendation of the study is the replication of the research with a greater and more diversified sample size so as to enhance understanding of the mediating role of collaborative climate in the relationship between social capital and innovation. The study also recommends that organizations must invest in a mix of product and process innovation to multiply their gains and they must consider how to create collaborative climate through social capital so as to achieve better performance, because social capital prepares the organizational members to collaborate for innovation.