Research on the relationship between relational capital and relational rent

Figures & data

Figure 1. Conceptual model.

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of respondent characteristics

Variable	Item	Count	%
Gender	Male	163	53.62
	Female	141	46.38
Age	19–30	53	17.43
	31–45	159	52.31
	46–60	84	27.63
	>61	8	2.63
Education background	≤High school	21	6.91
	College	65	21.38
	Bachelor	126	41.45
	≥Master’s degree	92	30.26
Role in supply chain	Supplier	75	24.67
	Manufacturer	99	32.57
	Middlemen	69	22.7
	Retailer	61	20.06
Position	Senior manager	184	60.53
	Middle manager	83	27.3
	Department manager	37	12.17
Year of establishment	1–2	33	10.86
	3–5	94	30.92
	6–10	124	40.79
	>10	53	17.43

Table 2. EFA

	T	C	SA	KS	CR	EG
T1	0.735	0.117	−0.114	0.014	0.153	0.191
T2	0.899	0.193	0.055	0.050	0.078	0.129
T3	0.750	0.038	0.018	0.209	0.083	0.114
T4	0.898	0.188	0.051	0.050	0.081	0.132
C1	0.155	0.904	−0.029	0.100	0.076	0.220
C2	0.244	0.723	0.026	0.170	0.302	0.199
C3	0.137	0.649	−0.046	0.160	0.108	0.323
C4	0.139	0.843	−0.052	0.115	0.092	0.294
SA1	0.012	0.008	0.922	0.003	−0.086	0.017
SA2	0.041	−0.053	0.854	−0.037	−0.021	0.006
SA3	−0.048	−0.033	0.885	0.031	−0.063	0.009
KS1	0.050	0.182	−0.003	0.915	0.153	0.113
KS3	0.289	0.115	0.005	0.780	0.181	0.157
KS4	0.075	0.182	−0.005	0.919	0.126	0.102
CR1	0.092	0.143	−0.077	0.132	0.843	0.022
CR2	0.129	0.125	−0.054	0.172	0.805	0.156
CR3	0.178	0.143	−0.053	0.098	0.742	0.106
EG1	0.146	0.222	0.006	0.092	0.065	0.947
EG2	0.156	0.227	0.018	0.089	0.094	0.938
EG3	0.159	0.203	0.018	0.079	0.070	0.945
EG4	0.159	0.217	0.006	0.089	0.075	0.942

Table 3. Convergent validity constructs

Factor	Item	Standardized loading	CR	Cronbach alpha	AVE
T	T1	0.735	0.894	0.877	0.679
	T2	0.899
	T3	0.750
	T4	0.898
C	C1	0.904	0.864	0.887	0.618
	C2	0.723
	C3	0.649
	C4	0.843
SA	SA1	0.922	0.917	0.870	0.788
	SA2	0.854
	SA3	0.885
KS	KS1	0.915	0.906	0.910	0.763
	KS3	0.780
	KS4	0.919
CR	CR1	0.843	0.840	0.791	0.636
	CR2	0.805
	CR3	0.742
EG	EG1	0.947	0.970	0.992	0.890
	EG2	0.938
	EG3	0.945
	EG4	0.942

Table 4. Correlation coefficient matrix

	T	C	SA	KS	CR	EG
T	1.00
C	0.31*	1.00
SA	0.11*	0.02*	1.00
KS	0.14*	0.29*	0.01*	1.00
CR	0.23*	0.23*	0.16*	0.29*	1.00
EG	0.32*	0.45*	0.02*	0.25*	0.14*	1.00

* Significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

Table 5. Results of hypotheses tests

Hypothesis		Result
H1a	Trust has a positive impact on relation-specific assets	Rejected
H2a	Commitment has a positive impact on relation-specific assets	Rejected
H1b	Trust has a positive influence on knowledge sharing	Supported
H2b	Commitment has a positive influence on knowledge sharing	Supported
H1c	Trust has a positive effect on complementary resources (capability)	Supported
H2c	Commitment has a positive effect on complementary resources (capability)	Supported
H1d	Trust has a positive effect on effective governance	Supported
H2d	Commitment has a positive effect on effective governance	Supported

Figure 2. SEM results.