Breaking through boundaries for organizational innovation: new managerial roles and practices in e-commerce firms

2001 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Kickul ◽  
Lisa K. Gundry
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
New Products ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Managerial Behavior ◽  
Managerial Roles ◽  
Employee Relationships ◽  
Management Diversity

The information age presents complex opportunities and challenges for organizations, leading to the emergence of new managerial roles and practices. This research examined the influence of management diversity and creativity on the assessment of opportunities for e-commerce organizations, and on innovative internal and external managerial relationships and practices. Results from a sample of 120 CEOs of e-commerce firms revealed that opportunity assessment mediates the interactive effects of managerial diversity and creativity, influencing the adoption of innovative practices that focus on employee relationships, external networks, and new products and services. This research is one of the first empirical studies of managerial behavior in Internet organizations, and a suggested research agenda for this area of inquiry is presented.

scholarly journals CONCEPTUAL REVIEW OF LEADERSHIP ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1044-1095
Author(s):  
Can ERERDİ ◽  
Esra ÜNLÜASLAN DURGUN
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Leadership Characteristics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
And Performance

In the last few years, due to the surge in the attention towards leadership and the lack of a review mapping the effects of leadership on organizational performance, we believe its coherent to provide a clear review on leadership and how it affects organizational performance. This paper aims to review empirical studies on leadership and organizational performance with the aim of constructing a comprehensive model to conceptualize existing literature. The authors reviewed main journals with impact factor of over 2 and all Leadership titled SSCI journals. As a result, 687 studies published between 1957 and 2017 were analyzed, out of which 486 met the criteria of being empirical studies on leadership and performance. Out of the 486, 20 articles used Organizational Performance as their dependent variable, thus were included in our model. In doing so, the authors aim to extend the field in three ways: First, based on their review, the authors mapped a comprehensive model of the effects of leadership style and leadership characteristics through moderators and organizational mediators on organizational performance. Second, the authors, through vigorous examination, display and evaluate existing variables and measures on leadership and organizational performance within the literature. Finally, the authors aim to contribute to the field by presenting a detailed future research agenda and practical considerations for managerial implications.

scholarly journals The Roles of Knowledge Management and Organizational Innovation in Global Business

2016 ◽  
pp. 1156-1180
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Strategic Goals

This chapter explains the roles of Knowledge Management (KM) and organizational innovation in global business, thus describing the theoretical and practical concepts of KM and organizational innovation; the significance of KM in global business; and the significance of organizational innovation in global business. The accomplishment of KM and organizational innovation is vital for modern organizations that seek to serve suppliers and customers, increase business performance, strengthen competitiveness, and attain regular success in global business. Thus, it is necessary for modern organizations to investigate their KM and organizational innovation applications, create a strategic plan to constantly explore their functional advancements, and immediately respond to KM and organizational innovation needs of customers. Applying KM and organizational innovation will significantly enhance organizational performance and achieve strategic goals in the information age.

The role of intraindividual cognitive variability in posttraumatic stress syndromes and cognitive aging: a literature search and proposed research agenda

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Lauren A. Rutter ◽  
Ipsit V. Vahia ◽  
Eliza Passell ◽  
Brent P. Forester ◽  
Laura Germine
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Cognitive Aging ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Severe Trauma ◽  
Dementia Risk ◽  
Cognitive Variability ◽  
Intraindividual Cognitive Variability

Abstract Objectives: Cognitive impairments are directly related to severity of symptoms and are a primary cause for functional impairment. Intraindividual cognitive variability likely plays a role in both risk and resiliency from symptoms. In fact, such cognitive variability may be an earlier marker of cognitive decline and emergent psychiatric symptoms than traditional psychiatric or behavioral symptoms. Here, our objectives were to survey the literature linking intraindividual cognitive variability, trauma, and dementia and to suggest a potential research agenda. Design: A wide body of literature suggests that exposure to major stressors is associated with poorer cognitive performance, with intraindividual cognitive variability in particular linked to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the aftermath of severe trauma. Measurements: In this narrative review, we survey the empirical studies to date that evaluate the connection between intraindividual cognitive variability, PTSD, and pathological aging including dementia. Results: The literature suggests that reaction time (RT) variability within an individual may predict future cognitive impairment, including premature cognitive aging, and is significantly associated with PTSD symptoms. Conclusions: Based on our findings, we argue that intraindividual RT variability may serve as a common pathological indicator for trauma-related dementia risk and should be investigated in future studies.

The Partially Clothed Emperor: Evidence-Based Practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faye S. Taxman
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Change Strategies ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Core Set ◽  
Criminogenic Needs ◽  
Operational Issues

The evidence-based practices literature has defined a core set of practices and treatments that are effective, at least in empirical studies. Implementing these evidence-based practices and treatments requires a different set of empirical studies to understand the operational issues that affects client-driven outcomes. In this article, we review the following three areas: (a) use of a standardized risk and need assessment tool, (b) use of cognitive-behavioral programs to address criminogenic needs, and (c) use of swift and certain responses to shape behavior. The review focuses on the unanswered questions regarding implementation and organizational change strategies to increase receptivity for the evidence-based practices, lay the foundation for improving effectiveness of “evidence-based practices and treatments,” and provide a work environment that supports evidence-based practices and treatments. This article outlines a research agenda to build implementation knowledge that can further the use of evidence-based practices and treatments.

scholarly journals Global learning: Educational research in an emerging field

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13
Author(s):  
Annette Scheunpflug
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
World Society ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Wide Range

Global learning may be understood as an educational response to the development towards a world society. The development of world society is accompanied by a wide range of adaptation challenges, such as the development of global social justice, the overcoming of paternalism or the facilitation of social solidarity and dealing with migration in an era of climate change. This paper reflects the learning of the understanding of world society by empirical studies. The paper shows some challenges for the research agenda, especially concerning the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s framework of global competences and suggests a framework for further research.

scholarly journals A Framework for Studying Organizational Innovation in Research Libraries

2012 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 525-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald C. Jantz
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Research Library ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Library Research

The objective of this paper is two-fold: to propose a theoretical framework and model for studying organizational innovation in research libraries and to set forth propositions that can provide directions for future empirical studies of innovation in research libraries. Research libraries can be considered members of a class of organizations referred to here as institutional nonprofits. As such, these organizations inherit many of the innovative properties that are associated with the broader sector of service organizations. However, institutional nonprofits have unique characteristics that distinguish them from other service organizations such as government agencies and for-profit service firms. In this paper, institutional theory is used to explain the forces that are acting on the research library. Research from organizational learning, structural contingency theory, and typologies of service organizations are used to establish a more encompassing innovation framework. Based on the literature review, the theoretical framework, and empirical studies, this paper presents a process model and propositions that characterize how the research library might innovate. These propositions can be tested in empirical studies to develop a fuller understanding of innovation in research libraries.

Technological Change, Innovation Infrastructure and Technology Transfer Networks

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Klaus Herdzina ◽  
Bernd Nolte
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Innovation Infrastructure ◽  
Technology Policies ◽  
Major Adjustment ◽  
Economic Regions

The economic competitiveness of regions in Europe is affected by fundamental changes in the worldwide division of labour, by a decrease and differentiation in demand and by technological and organizational innovation. This is of considerable concern to rural economic regions with ‘classical’ production patterns, which face major adjustment problems in order to meet these structural changes. One of the main ‘structural weaknesses’ in regional adjustment processes in rural regions lies in the lack of innovation capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the backbone of their economic development. Therefore, one of the most important tasks of regional and technology policies concerned with the development of peripheral rural regions is to provide an adequate innovation infrastructure to promote know-how and technology transfer and to enlarge the regional pool of knowledge. To formulate recommendations for these policies, the influence on firms' behaviour of innovation-oriented technology transfer networks, the existence of information deficiencies within the businesses of rural regions, and the role played by the institutions of knowledge and technology transfer in the rural regions must be investigated. Based on theoretical and empirical studies in Baden-Württemberg in 1993/94 the authors present a conceptual framework for technology transfer in rural regions.

scholarly journals Voices from silicon valley expose the polarization of knowledge in the information age

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 960-978
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Moreno Marques ◽  
Marta Macedo Kerr Pinheiro
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
First Century ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Role Of Information

The article is part of a research agenda that adopts the lenses of Political Economy to discuss the following question. What is the role of information and knowledge in the socioeconomic dynamics of the twenty-first century? Firstly, the article confronts two different theoretical perspectives: the cognitive capitalism and the polarization of knowledge approaches. Given the lack of agreement between these interpretations, the article also presents some results of an empirical investigation conducted in Silicon Valley (California), where semi-structured interviews with local workers’ representatives were adopted as an instrument of investigation. The voices of those who live the reality represented by the theories expose some contradictions in the local educational system, where the phenomenon of polarization of knowledge strengthens socioeconomic inequalities.  

scholarly journals COVID-19 and tourist mobility at destinations: a literature review and emerging research agenda

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alba Viana-Lora ◽  
Antoni Domènech ◽  
Aaron Gutiérrez
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
The Future ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis paper aims to review conceptual and empirical studies that analyse the impact of the pandemic on mobility and tourism behaviour at destinations in order to identify proposals, forecasts and recommendations to guide the future research agenda on the subject.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a systematic literature review to synthesise information from scientific articles published in journals indexed in the Web of Science database related to tourism mobility at destinations during the COVID-19 pandemic.FindingsThis article found that, according to the existing literature, the COVID-19 pandemic is acting as a catalyst for the sustainable transition of tourism. Although the findings reveal a lack of empirical research on the impact of the pandemic on tourism mobility at destinations, the article synthesizes the short- and long-term impacts of the pandemic and sets out the future research agenda on tourist mobility at destinations.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first systematic review of the impact of the pandemic on mobility and tourism behaviour at destinations that attempts to describe the emerging challenges and the agenda for future research.

Sources and categories of well-being: a systematic review and research agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Arafat Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Unified Framework ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Subjective Appraisals

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the sources and categories of well-being from the transformative service research (TSR) domain. The paper also aims to offer a unified framework of sources and categories of well-being and several future research agenda.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review method is applied to address the study aims. A three-phase approach has been applied, which produced a total of 70 peer-reviewed empirical studies for the review.FindingsThe analysis has identified five major sources and their underlying sub-sources of well-being. The major sources are organization-, individual-, collective-, service system-, and situation-driven sources. The findings further identified two major categories or well-being showing the capacity and functioning, and subjective appraisals of life conditions. The identified sources and categories of well-being develop a unified framework showing a simplistic path or relations between the sources and the categories.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper offers several research agenda explaining what source-related issues can be addressed for enhancing well-being for various entities. It also adds a proposed schema and research questions for examining the possible relations and influences between the sources of well-being and social well-being of individuals.Practical implicationsPractitioners can get important insights about the matters over which they have little or no control such as the activities, motives and processes that take place in individuals' and collectives' spheres and mechanisms of supports in social networks.Originality/valueThe paper is the first to offer a systematic review on the empirical studies of the TSR domain identifying a comprehensive list of sources and categories of well-being and a resulting unified framework and research agenda.

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