Employees’ Engagement in Corporate Sport Initiative and Organizational Performances: The Serial Mediating Roles of Social Capital and Dynamic Capability

In spite of considerable efforts to understand value of sport in business, there is still a limited understanding for corporate sector to invest in and leverage sport for enhancing their organizational performances. This study proposes an integrated conceptual framework to examine corporate employees’ engagement in a sport-based corporate initiative as a vibrant opportunity to reinforce social capital and dynamic capability of employees, ultimately leading to multiple organizational performances. Applying the model into a sport-based corporate initiatives, ‘Football With A Heart’ in Singapore, the authors empirically show the serial mediation effects of social capital and dynamic capability in the structural relationships from antecedents related to sport participation and experiences to organizational values, including innovative behavior and citizenship behaviour.