THE SYNERGISTIC ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND INDIVIDUAL AMBIDEXTERITY IN OPEN INNOVATION: A MODERATED-MEDIATION MODEL

Managing Knowledge, Absorptive Capacity and Innovation Pub Date : 2020-01-31 DOI:10.1142/s1363919620500838

Siddharth Gaurav Majhi, Saurav Snehvrat, SANJAY CHAUDHARY, A. Mukherjee

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Managers employed in the dual gatekeeper-shepherd roles in open innovation contexts need to combine external knowledge inflows with existing internal knowledge to drive innovative work behaviour. This study explores how such managers leverage knowledge sources at the firm boundary, to drive innovation activities, by using their individual-level capabilities of absorptive capacity and ambidexterity. To collect data for the study, 121 technology managers employed in four large automotive equipment manufacturing firms in India were surveyed using an online questionnaire. Structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to examine the direct, moderation and mediation relationships hypothesised in the study. The results demonstrate the synergistic roles played by individual absorptive capacity and individual ambidexterity in enhancing the innovative behaviour of managers operating in an open innovation context. This study contributes to the theory related to the understudied individual-level analyses of open innovation and offers recommendations for managers looking to increase their innovativeness at work.

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开放式创新中个体吸收能力和个体双元性的协同作用:一个有调节的中介模型

在开放式创新环境中，担任双重看门人和牧羊人角色的管理者需要将外部知识流入与现有的内部知识结合起来，以推动创新的工作行为。本研究探讨了这些管理者如何利用企业边界的知识资源，通过利用他们个人层面的吸收能力和双元性能力来推动创新活动。为了收集研究数据，使用在线问卷对印度四家大型汽车设备制造公司的121名技术经理进行了调查。使用结构方程模型(PLS-SEM)来检验研究中假设的直接、调节和中介关系。研究结果表明，在开放式创新环境下，个体吸收能力和个体双元性对管理者的创新行为具有协同作用。本研究为开放式创新的个人层面分析提供了理论基础，并为希望提高工作创新力的管理者提供了建议。

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