Study on the Affecting Mechanism between Relational Risk Perception and Cooperation
Innovation Project Performance
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About the relational risk perception: the definition of
the relational risk perception in this study is different
from the mainstream one. Previous scholars, including
the risk perception study's sponsor Slovic, did the risk
perception to specific objects. This research method will
help to find the perception condition of the public to a
certain perception object. However the real aim of this
study is to know each employee’s true attitudes and
subjective feeling to the relational risk problem.
Therefore, dividing the risk perception into the attitude
and behavior of relational risk perception and the level of
risk perception, respectively study the public's subjective
cognition, attitude and psychological expectations, is
more in line with the research idea.
About innovation projects team performance: Accord-
ing to the research of project team performance, in this
section, we will measure the definition of team perfor-
mance mainly from three aspects: the innovative
behavior, innovatio n ability, innovation achievements.
3.2. The Hypotheses
3.2.1. The Relationship Hypothesis between the
Attitude, Behavior of Risk Perception and the
Relational Risk
In this study, the attitude, behavior of risk perception is
measured by conflict, trust and communication mechanism.
As is well known, in the process of cooperative innovation,
intra-team conflict is inevitable. Conflict within the team,
especially the relational conflict will affect the relation-
ship between team members. But the happening of the
conflict will make the perception of relational risk more
obvious. The conflict has its positive side if handled
properly. It can help to fully expose the problem within
the project team and to get attention in time. What’s
more it can also provoke discussion within the team,
clarify the different concerns among team members.
Finally, the relational risk within the team will reduce.
Excepted from the conflict, in the cooperative
innovation project team, trust also makes a difference.
When the project team is full of confidence, cooperation
relationship the probability o f relational risk will be very
low; on the contrary, the probability will b e high.
It is undeniable, whether individuals, or the team, or
large organizations, various kinds of problems mostly
boil down to the lack of communication. In a team, apart
from the exchange of work content, the existence of the
problem will be clear by internal communication. It will
be helpful to solve the problem.
H1: the relationship between the attitude, behavior of
risk perception and relational risk is negatively related.
3.2.2. The Relationship Hypothesis between the Level,
Ability of Risk Perception and the Relational
Risk
In this study, the level, ability of risk perception is
measured by the risk awareness, the level of risk control
and the degree of risk exposure. The risk awareness level
refers to the level of understanding for the relational risk
within the project team. Good risk awareness can make
team members perceive potential threats easily.
Therefore, risk perception level is conducive to the
perception of r e l at i onal ris k.
What’s more, the relational risk control level refers to
the processing capacity of relational risk factors within
the team. For a variety of opportunism and moral
behavior, the control level stands for the handing ability
for these behaviors. One can imagine, for the control of
these induction factors can effectively prevent the
relational risk.
As we know, if a significant casualty occurred in a
system which is familiar to the public, it may only cause
a small social unrest. However, if in a strange system, it
would bring great social influence. The emergence of
these huge differences is mainly due to the different
degree of exposure to risk factors. The more exposure to
these factors, the awareness will be more clearly.
H2: the relationship between the level, ability of risk
perception and relatio nal risk is positively related.
3.2.3. The Relationship Hypothesis between the
Attitude, Behavior of Risk Perception and the
Team Performance
When conflict within the team occurs, if both sides have
a good attitude or there is a good way to resolve the
conflict, the happ ening of the co nflict will let the internal
problems expose clearly so that the organization's
manager can deal with the problem properly, which is
beneficial to the realization o f performa nce.
Learning from the transaction cost theory, when the
team is full of trust, the whole team will not use a lot of
resources engaging in supervision and management so
that the team could focus on cooperative innovation[11];
on the contrary, the team will spend more energy,
material resources on the manag ement, thus reducing the
whole team performance.
From a certain extent, communication is productivity.
Efficient internal communication not only can effectively
prevent the occurrence of various risks from the source,
may also be beneficial to prop ose and solve problems. In
a team, the internal communication can communicate
problems in cooperation, accurate understand manage-
ment decisions of the project team, improve the work
efficiency, resolve contradictions. All of these can guarantee
or improve the performance level of the project team.
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