How does dynamic network capability operate? A moderated mediation analysis with NPD speed and firm age

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongjian (Ken) Chen ◽  
Nicole Coviello ◽  
Chatura Ranaweera
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Network ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
General View ◽  
Firm Age ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Network Capability ◽  
Resource Reconfiguration

Purpose Systematic research examining the mechanisms that mediate the dynamic capability–performance relationship remains scarce. So too is research on the conditions under which these mechanisms might be influential. Accordingly, this study aims to build upon business network research to examine how a firm’s dynamic network capability (DNC) impacts firm performance, mediated by the speed of product reconfiguration (i.e. new product development [NPD] speed) and bounded by firm age. Design/methodology/approach The authors conduct moderated mediation analysis on survey data from small- and medium-sized manufacturing and technology firms in the USA. This study uses an initial survey and then a follow-up survey. Findings The findings support the general view that DNC is instrumental to firm performance, regardless of firm age. However, DNC operates differently for younger vs older firms. That is, DNC’s impact on the performance of younger firms is enabled by speeding up NPD, while much of the performance impact for older firms appears to be through alternative resource reconfiguration route(s). This study identifies the need to include a mediating variable such as resource reconfiguration to detect how DNC impacts performance. Research limitations/implications The model could include different dimensions of mediating resource reconfigurations, alternative boundary conditions and longer-term data. Practical implications This study provides managers with insight on how speed of product reconfiguration (in terms of NPD) operates in the DNC–performance relationship. It also helps them understand how this relationship changes in younger vs older firms. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to provide empirical evidence on how DNC operates to influence performance in firms that are younger vs older.

Coping with workplace ostracism: the roles of emotional exhaustion and resilience in deviant behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyan Jiang ◽  
Xianjin Jiang ◽  
Peizhen Sun ◽  
Xiuping Li
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Workplace Ostracism ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explicate the relationship between workplace ostracism and deviant behavior, and further test the mediating role of emotional exhaustion and the moderating role of resilience.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 409 first-line production workers from four manufacturing enterprises in China was collected. A moderated mediation analysis was employed to test the hypotheses and examine the relationships proposed in the research framework.FindingsThe findings indicate that emotional exhaustion could mediate the relationship between workplace ostracism and deviant behavior. Moreover, the results from the moderated mediation analysis suggest that the mediation of emotional exhaustion is moderated by resilience such that with a higher level of resilience, the mediation effect of emotional exhaustion becomes weaker.Research limitations/implicationsThe participants of this study are limited to manufacturing enterprises, and thus our findings may not be equally valid for other types of industries. Meanwhile, this study is a cross-sectional research that could not explain the causal relationship between workplace ostracism and deviant behavior.Practical implicationsThe present research can offer some managerial implications about how to avoid the occurrence of workplace ostracism and deviant behavior for organizations.Originality/valueThis study constructs a moderated mediation model by introducing the potential mediating role of emotional exhaustion and the moderating effect of resilience in order to reveal the mechanism through which workplace ostracism relates to deviant behavior. Our research not only integrates and enriches the ideas of the Stress-Non-Equilibrium-Compensation Approach and the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping Theory but could also inform future management practices for mitigating the negative consequences of workplace ostracism.

A moderated mediation examination of Kahn’s theory in the development of new product performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-615
Author(s):  
Chih-Jen Lee ◽  
Stanley Y.B. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Job Engagement ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose This study aims to propose a multilevel moderated mediation model of transformational leadership, corporate social responsible, organization-based self-esteem and job engagement to detect Kahn’s theory and predict new product development performance. Design/methodology/approach This study used a longitudinal study over a six-month period to test the multilevel moderated mediation model. Empirical testing used a survey of 1,655 employees from 165 different R&D work group in Great China. Findings Transformational leadership, corporate social responsible and organization-based self-esteem well predict employees’ job engagement and new product development performance and are moderated by open discussion of conflict. Originality/value This study is the first to propose a multilevel moderated mediation model to detect Kahn’s job engagement theory and predict new product development performance.

The link between HRD professionals’ social capital and career adaptability: a moderated mediation analysis of social network

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihye Oh ◽  
Shinhee Jeong ◽  
Seung Won Yoon ◽  
Daeyeon Cho
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Hrd Professionals ◽  
Survey Responses

Purpose From a social capital perspective, this study aims to shed light on the link between social capital and career adaptability by focusing on how social connections and interactions shape and nurture career adaptability. Drawing on socioemotional selectivity theory, the authors further examined the critical moderating role of age on the above relationship. Design/methodology/approach Survey responses from 208 HRD professionals were analyzed via a moderated mediation analysis. Findings The results showed that there is a positive relationship between social capital (network size and intimate network) and career adaptability; frequent interaction increases intimacy, in turn enhancing career adaptability; and the indirect effect of social capital on career adaptability (via intimate network) is stronger when the employee is younger. Originality/value The most novel theoretical contribution of this study is that the authors lend empirical support to the connection between social capital and career adaptability moderated by age. The study also contributes to understanding how core aspects of social capital are inter-related each other and have directional relationships.

The health halo of morality- and purity-signifying brand names

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clinton Amos ◽  
Jesse King ◽  
Skyler King
Keyword(s):  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Food Product ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Brand Names ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Brand Name ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Consumer Inferences

Purpose Past research has demonstrated a health halo for food product labels (e.g. organic), resulting in inflated perceptions of a product’s healthfulness (e.g. low fat). While past studies have focused on labeling and related health claims, the health halo of brand names has scarcely been investigated. This study aims to address this gap by investigating the health halo of brand names featuring morality- and purity-signifiers. Design/methodology/approach The current research uses two experiments to examine the health halo of morality- and purity-signifying brand names on perceptions of nutritional and contaminant attributes. Mediation analysis is performed to investigate perceived naturalness as the mechanism for the brand name effects while moderated mediation analysis examines this mechanism across product types (healthy vs unhealthy). Findings The findings reveal that both the morality- and purity-signifying brand names produce a health halo on nutritional and contaminant attributes, regardless of product healthiness. Further, mediation and moderated mediation analysis provide evidence for perceived naturalness as the underlying mechanism driving these effects. Social implications This research highlights unwarranted consumer inferences made based upon food brand names and, thus has implications for consumers, public policy and marketing managers. Originality/value While much health halo research has focused on labeling, this research examines the health halo of two brand name types which symbolically convey either morality or purity. This research provides additional contributions by investigating perceived naturalness as the underlying mechanism for the effects and is one of the few studies to investigate the health halo for both healthy and unhealthy products.

A Primer on Moderated Mediation Analysis: Exploring Logistics Involvement in New Product Development

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Calantone ◽  
Judith M. Whipple ◽  
Joyce Feng Wang ◽  
Hanieh Sardashti ◽  
Jason W. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
New Product ◽  
Moderated Mediation

Strategic agility and the effects of firm age and environmental turbulence

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan H. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Environmental Turbulence ◽  
Firm Age ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Similar Criterion ◽  
Strategic Agility ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this empirical paper is to operationalize the Doz and Kosonen (2010) model of strategic agility, consisting of three dimensions and 15 subfactors and to test its relationship with firm performance under multiple contingencies.Design/methodology/approachA CEO-level survey is conducted to collect a sample of 73 firms from three industries in the US state of Florida. Factor analysis and convergence with similar criterion are used to validate the strategic agility construct. Multiple regression is used to test hypothesized relationships.FindingsThe findings support construct validity of Doz and Kosonen's model. Moreover, firm age and environmental turbulence are found to be important contingency factors. Environmental turbulence is found to moderate the relationship between firm age and strategic agility. Firm age and environmental turbulence are found to jointly moderate the relationship between strategic agility and firm performance.Research limitations/implicationsIt is evident that firms may benefit from strategic agility depending on their age and environment. The results encourage future longitudinal research addressing causality.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to research by validating a more comprehensive model of strategic agility and identifying contingency factors that help to explain prior mixed results on the relationship between strategic agility and performance.

Financial bootstrapping of informal micro-entrepreneurs in the financial environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (11/12) ◽  
pp. 1533-1550
Author(s):  
Eijaz Ahmed Khan ◽  
Mohammed Quaddus
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Financial Environment

PurposeThis study first examines whether the capital structure served as a mediator between financing mix and firm performance. Furthermore, the authors investigate whether this mediation effect was moderated by the financial environment. Grounded in the pecking order theory (POT) and dynamic capability view (DCV), this study extends these concepts by configuring all links to a moderated mediation model.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses the structural equation modelling (SEM) approach and multiple regression analysis using “Hayes PROCESS macro” to empirically examine the model using data collected from 384 informal micro-firms operating in Bangladesh.FindingsIn the mediation analyses, results found that capital structure was a mediator in the link between financing mix and firm performance. In further moderated mediation analyses, outcomes confirmed that this mediation effect was moderated by the financial environment.Research limitations/implicationsThis investigation shows paths for future research including implications for theory advancement and intervention development.Originality/valueThis investigation offers the first step towards examining a moderated mediation effect, using POT and DCV, of the relationship between financial environment, financing mix, capital structure and firm performance.

Towards a moderated mediation model of innovative work behaviour enhancement

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 642-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jol M. Stoffers ◽  
Beatrice I.J.M. Van der Heijden ◽  
Guy L.A. Notelaers
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate a moderated mediation model of innovative work behaviour enhancement. Perceived firm (organizational and market) performance was assumed to moderate the relationships between leader-member exchange (LMX) and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB), on the one hand, and employability, on the other hand. In a preciously validated human resources management (HRM) model, employability appeared to be a full mediator in the relationship between LMX and OCB, and innovative work behaviour, being the outcome measure. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a sample of 487 pairs of employees and their immediate supervisors working in 151 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to confirm the factor structure of the baseline model variables, including LMX, OCB, employability, and innovative work behaviour. The moderating effect of firm performance was tested using multi-group SEM. Findings – Results indicated that firm performance had a substantial influence on the baseline model's relationships. More specifically, firm performance appeared to moderate partially a mediation model wherein LMX was assumed to be associated with innovative work behaviour, through employability, being the mediator. Moreover, firm performance also appeared to moderate conclusively a model with employability as a mediator in the relationship between OCB and innovative work behaviour. Originality/value – To the best of our knowledge, this is the very first study that investigates a mediation model of innovative work behaviour enhancement moderated by firm performance. It appears that high- vs low-performance firms present very different organizational environments for an employee to work in. Obviously, these situational factors affect workers’ employability. This study adds particular knowledge to the scholarly literature in this field since not much is known about the science and practice of HRM within SMEs.

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