EXPLORING THE INDIVIDUAL: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIMENSIONS OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY

Katja-Maria Prexl, Marco Hubert, Mirja Hubert and Antje Gonera

Chapter 12 in Managing Knowledge, Absorptive Capacity and Innovation, 2021, pp 335-363 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Absorptive capacity (AC) describes new knowledge absorption and its use for innovation on an organisational level. In this paper, we explore the role of individual AC (IAC) for corporate innovation. We focus on the individual and relationships among the capability dimensions of existing AC models. A quantitative online survey allows us to empirically explore and underline the role of the individual in AC. Our findings contribute to and extend existing theories of AC, by confirming the multidimensionality of IAC, shed light on the view of transformation and exploitation as alternative paths and their effect on different innovation processes. Our research highlights the individual’s central role in innovation and introduces, explores and evaluates individual capacities to absorb new knowledge. This in consequence will influence processes and structures within a company with regard to innovation and human resource management.

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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