Trust building processes through communities of practice for social innovation diffusion

• Project/Area Number: 16H07366
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: TAHARA Shinsuke 関西学院大学, 人間福祉学部, 助教 (80779976)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 社会イノベーション / 普及 / 実践共同体 / 組織間信頼 / 経営学 / 信頼

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to shed light on the mechanisms of what type of trust among various organizations is drivers for the development of communities of practice and promotes social innovation diffusion. I conducted the literature reviews, interview surveys, participant observations, and questionnaire surveys in order to achieve this purpose. A subject for study was representative case of the diffusion of social innovation created by private company. The main analytical method used in this research is a qualitative analysis based on case study. In consequence, the interaction of cognitive trust and affective trust influence the development of communities of practice and promote social innovation diffusion.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Trust building processes in interorganizational networks (2017)
  • Author(s): 田原慎介
  • Journal Title: Transactions of the Academic Association for Organizational Science Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Pages: 32-37
  • DOI: 10.11207/taaos.6.2_32
  • NAID: 130006275236
  • ISSN: 2186-8530
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] Social Innovation Diffusion through Communities of Practice (2016)
  • Author(s): Shinsuke Tahara
  • Journal Title: Kwansei Gakuin University Social Sciences Review Volume: 21 Pages: 27-37
  • NAID: 40021105857
• [Presentation] The sustaining of social innovation and inter-organizational trust (2018)
  • Author(s): Shinsuke Tahara
  • Organizer: 25th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Trust building through communities of practice and social innovation diffusion (2017)
  • Author(s): Shinsuke Tahara
  • Organizer: 33rd EGOS Colloquium
  • Place of Presentation: Copenhagen Business School（Copenhagen, Denmark）
  • Year and Date: 2017-07-06
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Social franchising as a social innovation diffusion (2017)
  • Author(s): Shinsuke Tahara
  • Organizer: 24th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Reykjavik University（Reykjavik, Iceland）
  • Year and Date: 2017-06-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ネットワークにおける組織間の信頼構築プロセス：社会イノベーションの普及を目指すネットワーク (2017)
  • Author(s): 田原慎介
  • Organizer: 組織学会
• [Presentation] Trust building processes in inter-organizational networks: The case of innovative activities to solve social issues in Japan (2017)
  • Author(s): Shinsuke Tahara
  • Organizer: International Conference on Trust
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 社会起業を学ぶ (2018)
  • Author(s): 山本隆、武田丈、田原慎介、他７名
  • Total Pages: 166
  • Publisher: 関西学院大学出版会
  • ISBN: 9784862832597