THE EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE DIVERSITY AND COHESIVENESS ON ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY

Radoslaw Nowak

Chapter 11 in Managing Knowledge, Absorptive Capacity and Innovation, 2021, pp 311-333 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: While investigating organisational factors related to a firm’s ability to innovate, this study identifies two new antecedents of absorptive capacity. Drawing from literatures on innovation management and organisational studies, the paper puts forward a model linking absorptive capacity to a unit’s cognitive diversity and cohesiveness, empirically testing their effects on potential absorptive capacity (PACAP) and realised absorptive capacity (RACAP). Statistical tests are conducted using original survey data collected in the healthcare industry. Future research and implications for practitioners are discussed.

Keywords: Innovation; Knowledge Management; Absorptive Capacity; Open Innovation; Organizational Innovation; Organizational Culture; Interpersonal Justice; Innovative Behaviours; Innovation Strategies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 O36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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