Organizational Flexibility and Project Portfolio Performance: The Roles of Environmental Uncertainty and Innovation Capability

IF 1.9 4区管理学 Q3 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Engineering Management Journal Pub Date : 2021-03-17 DOI:10.1080/10429247.2021.1884450

Muhammad Aamir Saeed, H. Tabassum, Muhammad Zahid, Y. Jiao, Shazia Nauman

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Abstract

Abstract This study explores empirically the underlying mechanism through which organizational flexibility affects the performance of its project portfolio, using innovation capability as a mediator, and examines the moderating role of environmental uncertainty in the relationship between organizational flexibility and innovation capability. Data collected from 201 firms were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling with SmartPLS software. The study shows that organizational flexibility positively affects innovation capability and that innovation capability has a positive impact on project portfolio performance. Further, innovation capability positively mediates the relationship between organizational flexibility and its project portfolio’s performance. The adverse moderating effect of environmental uncertainty on the relationship between flexibility and innovation capability also found. The study contributes to innovation theory by using quantitative data to address the role of flexibility in improving innovation capability and the performance of project portfolios and provides a framework that managers can use to enhance the performance.

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组织灵活性与项目组合绩效:环境不确定性与创新能力的作用

摘要本研究以创新能力为中介，实证探讨了组织柔性影响其项目组合绩效的潜在机制，并考察了环境不确定性在组织柔性与创新能力关系中的调节作用。使用SmartPLS软件，使用偏最小二乘结构方程建模对从201家公司收集的数据进行分析。研究表明，组织柔性对创新能力有正向影响，创新能力对项目组合绩效有正向影响。此外，创新能力正中介组织灵活性与其项目组合绩效之间的关系。环境不确定性对柔性与创新能力之间的关系也存在不利的调节作用。该研究通过使用定量数据来解决灵活性在提高创新能力和项目组合绩效方面的作用，为创新理论做出了贡献，并提供了一个管理者可以用来提高绩效的框架。

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Engineering Management Journal 工程技术-工程：工业

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

12.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

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