Individual unlearning, organizational unlearning and strategic flexibility

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangyang Wang ◽  
Ying Qi ◽  
Yingxin Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Strategic Flexibility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between unlearning and strategic flexibility from the down-up change perspective.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the routine-updating process, this study builds a theoretical model and examines it using survey data from 233 firms in China.FindingsUnlearning is the enabler to strategic flexibility. Specifically, individual unlearning and organizational unlearning both have positive effects on strategic flexibility. Organizational unlearning exerts a partly mediating effect on the relationship between individual unlearning and strategic flexibility.Originality/valueThe paper examines the different mechanisms of individual and organizational unlearning on strategic flexibility and suggests that unlearning is a useful method or approach for strategic flexibility. In addition, this study is useful to help managers or practitioners determine how to embrace strategic flexibility by unlearning.

The effect of self-efficacy on job performance through creativity: the moderating roles of customer incivility and service scripts

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Won-Moo Hur ◽  
Tae-Won Moon ◽  
Jun-Ho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Sales Organizations ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis study aimed to examine the effect of self-efficacy on job performance through creativity. We predicted that exposure to customer incivility and rigid service scripts will moderate the mediating effect of creativity on the relationship between self-efficacy and job performance.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data were collected from 397 salespersons who were working in a department store in South Korea. The PROCESS macro was used to test the study hypotheses.FindingsThe results revealed that the positive relationship between self-efficacy and job performance was partially mediated by creativity. Furthermore, exposure to customer incivility and rigid service scripts weakened the positive effects of self-efficacy on creativity. Finally, customer incivility and rigid service scripts also dampened the positive effects of self-efficacy on job performance through creativity.Research limitations/implicationsSales organizations should understand that the extent to which self-efficacy improves job performance by enhancing creativity is contingent on the extent to which salespersons are exposed to customer incivility and are required to adhere to rigid service scripts in the workplace.Originality/valueOur findings paint a more complete portrait of the beneficial effects of self-efficacy. Specifically, they suggest that the development of creativity is an important mechanism that underlies the process by which internal resources enhance job performance and that customer incivility and service scripts weaken this relationship.

Inclusive leadership: new age leadership to foster organizational inclusion

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunaina Chetan Kuknor ◽  
Shubhasheesh Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Human Resources Development ◽  
Inclusive Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the relationship between inclusive leadership (IL) and organizational inclusion (OI) in literature and explores the contribution of IL and OI in human resources development (HRD). Design/methodology/approach The systematic literature review was undertaken from peer-reviewed journals. In total, 68 articles were critically analyzed to be included in the review highlighting the relationship between IL and OI. Findings The paper provides insights into leader behaviors that foster IL and how it differs from other styles of leadership. The paper also proposes a theoretical model to show the relationship between IL and OI. Practical implications The study will facilitate creating awareness in practitioners and academicians who think inclusion is mostly concerned with disabled learners, which is misleading. The paper will help the concerned stakeholders to formulate HRD practices to foster an inclusive culture at work. Originality/value The paper explores an area less researched and is among the few review papers investigating through the relationship between IL and OI and how they impact HRD practices in an organizational set-up.

The psychological currencies of corporate entrepreneurship strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 30-31 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tolerance For Ambiguity ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper, using survey data from Iranian SMEs, concentrates on the relationship between cultural intelligence, tolerance for ambiguity, and corporate entrepreneurship to reveal how companies can increase the effectiveness of their strategic activity within their particular market. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Do financial constraints moderate the relationship between innovation subsidies and firms' R&D investment?

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Acebo ◽  
José-Ángel Miguel-Dávila ◽  
Mariano Nieto
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Marginal Effects ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
D Investment ◽  
Innovation Policies

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse whether the effect of innovation subsidies on firms' R&D investment varies depending on whether the firm is suffering from financial constraints.Design/methodology/approachTo address this analysis, the authors provide a theoretical model and test their hypothesis using an econometric analysis of an unbalanced panel of 3,865 innovative Spanish firms during 2010–2017. They employ the SABI database to obtain firms' financial and economic data and incorporate firms' MORE financial rating. Specifically, the authors use the GMM-SYS technique to regress and measure the marginal effects of innovation subsidies size on firms' R&D investment and the influence of firms' financial constraints.FindingsThe results of this work indicate that financial constraints negatively moderate the effect of subsidies on R&D investment; that is, those firms that receive a subsidy and suffer financial constraints invest less in R&D projects than those which also receive the subsidy and do not suffer financial constraints. Besides, this work found that innovation subsidies alone do not significantly increase firms' R&D investment.Originality/valueFrom a neoclassical point of view, the existence of financial constraints is the justification of public innovation policies. However, due to the difficulty of measuring financial constraints, innovation literature has abandoned the analysis of this crucial variable. This work reintroduces this vital variable and analyses how it interacts with innovation subsidies on firms' R&D investment.

A study of network-building HR practices for TMT, strategic flexibility and firm performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaqing Lin ◽  
Shuming Zhao ◽  
Na Li
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Transition Economy ◽  
Environmental Uncertainty ◽  
Strategic Flexibility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Hr Practices ◽  
Network Building ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to introduce strategic flexibility as an important dynamic capability into the field of strategic human resource management (SHRM) and explore its mediating role between network-building HR practices for top management team (TMT) and firm performance. Moreover, based on the context of transition economy in China, the authors examine environmental uncertainty as a moderator in these relationships and empirically test the questions above. Design/methodology/approach – The authors have conducted questionnaire surveys on 780 top managers in 390 companies mainly located in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and finally received 241 valid samples. Findings – The results show that network-building HR practices have positive effects on firm performance and strategic flexibility plays a fully mediating role between them. In addition, environmental uncertainty moderates the relationship between network-building HR practices for TMT and strategic flexibility, while it has no moderating effect in the relationship between strategic flexibility and firm performance. Originality/value – These conclusions have important implications for the development and application of SHRM in dynamic environments. Theoretically, the authors enrich the functions of network-building HR practices for TMT and provide the evidence to advocate the development of the innovative HR practices in China. In terms of the practical implications of the study, it is argued that network-building HR practices for TMT and strategic flexibility can help firms to deal with uncertainty and achieve high performance, which provides constructive guidance in the development of enterprises in the China's transition economy.

Ambidextrous leadership and organizational innovation: the importance of knowledge search and strategic flexibility

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiqian Jia ◽  
Wenan Hu ◽  
Shuwen LI
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Strategic Flexibility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Knowledge Search ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ambidextrous Leadership

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the potential process through which leadership exerts impacts on organizational innovation. A thorough analysis was conducted by highlighting the contribution of ambidextrous leadership to organizational innovation. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from companies located in mainland China. A total of 200 cases were included in the final sample. Hierarchical regression analysis was adopted to test the hypotheses in this study. Findings The results showed that exploitation knowledge search and exploration knowledge search partly mediated the relationship between ambidextrous leadership and organizational innovation, respectively. Strategic flexibility could positively moderate the relationship between exploitation knowledge search and organizational innovation and had no significant impacts on moderating the relationship between exploration knowledge search and organizational innovation. Research limitations/implications In this study, not only were managers provided with a sophisticated understanding of how and when ambidextrous leadership could influence organizational innovation but also concrete strategies were given for enhancing organizational innovation. Originality/value In this study, the interaction among ambidextrous leadership, knowledge search and organizational innovation were elucidated and the moderating impacts of strategic flexibility on the relationship between knowledge search and organizational innovation were explored. The findings of this study enriched the literature on leadership, knowledge management and innovation.

The determinants of family business owners’ intrafamily succession intention

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 710-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonglong Zhou ◽  
Qiongjing Hu ◽  
Jingjing Yao ◽  
Xin Qin
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Family Control ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of family business owners’ intrafamily succession intention based on the theory of planned behavior and neo-institutional theory. Design/methodology/approach National survey data were collected from Chinese private firms in 2010, and a sample of 804 family firms was used to test the hypotheses. Findings At the micro level, familism, intrafamily succession regulation and family control have positive effects on owners’ intrafamily succession intention. At the macro level, district succession orientation, which is the district prevalence of intrafamily succession practice, has a positive effect on owners’ intrafamily succession intention. Additionally, the district succession orientation weakens the positive effects of intrafamily succession regulation and family control. Originality/value The paper contributes to the understanding of family business owners’ intrafamily succession intention from both micro and macro perspectives. Besides, it also contributes to the integration of micro and macro research by examining the interaction effects.

The effect of event experience quality on the satisfaction and behavioral intentions of motocross World Championship spectators

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hüseyin Çevik ◽  
Kerem Yıldırım Şimşek
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
World Championship ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the theoretical relationship between experience quality (EXQ), satisfaction and the behavioral intentions (BI) of Motocross World Championship spectators.Design/methodology/approachThe research data were collected from spectators who participated in the World Motocross Championship race held in Afyon, Turkey in 2018. The structural equation model (SEM) was used to test the relationship among the research variables.FindingsThe results showed EXQ had significant and direct effects on satisfaction and BI. In addition to this, satisfaction had a partial mediating effect between EXQ and BI.Originality/valueTo date there has been no empirical study examining the consumer behaviors of motocross event spectators. Consequently, this research provides important contributions to the literature and informs event organizers about the role of EXQ in terms of understanding the behavior of motocross event spectators.

How ordinary returnees and foreigners drive firms’ exports?

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoting Hu ◽  
Jizhen Li ◽  
Zhanming Jin
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Substitution Effects ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Science Park ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of ordinary returnee and foreign employees in firm export performance, whose impacts have been overseen in prior research. This study also explores whether returnee and foreign employees function as substitutes or complements, and simultaneously considers the impacts of contextual factors on the relationship between returnee (foreign) employees and firm export performance.Design/methodology/approachUsing panel data of Beijing’s Zhongguancun Science Park manufacturing firms over a seven-year period, from 2009 to 2015, the paper applies panel Tobit regression to deal with the left-censoring dependent variable.FindingsThis paper finds the number of returnee and foreign employees has significantly positive influence in promoting firm export performance; however, substitution effects exist between them. In addition, the positive effects of returnee and foreign employees on firm export performance are conditional. For foreign employees, the presence of corporate president with international background and firm imports will weaken their positive impacts. In terms of returnee employees, their positive influence proves not to be significantly reduced by corporate president’s international background but weakened by firm imports.Originality/valuePrevious research only highlights returnee entrepreneurs’ and top managers’ positive influence on firm export performance. However, with the development of emerging countries, for instance, China in this paper, ordinary returnee and foreign employees are playing more and more critical roles in firms’ internationalization process. This paper responds to the practical needs to focus on ordinary returnee and foreign employees.

How does interactive use of budgets affect creativity?

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eddy Mayor Putra Sitepu ◽  
Ranjith Appuhami ◽  
Sophia Su
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Role Clarity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Direct Association ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the interactive use of budgets, role clarity and individual creativity. Design/methodology/approach Survey data was collected from mid-level managers in publicly listed Indonesian companies. The data was analysed using partial least squares. Findings The findings indicate that while there is no direct association between an interactive use of budgets and individual creativity, an interactive use of budgets can affect individual creativity via role clarity. Originality/value This study is one of only a few studies that provide empirical evidence on the relationships between individual creativity, role clarity and the interactive use of budgets. While previous studies have been undertaken in Western countries such as the USA and the UK, this study focuses on an emerging economy – Indonesia in which firms have been trying to improve individual creativity.

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