THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM INNOVATION ORIENTATION AND FIRM GROWTH: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF FIRM INNOVATIVENESS

Nils D. Kraiczy (), Andreas Hack () and Franz Kellermanns
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Nils D. Kraiczy: Institute of Organization and Human Resource Management, University of Bern, Engehaldenstrasse 4, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Andreas Hack: Institute of Organization and Human Resource Management, University of Bern, Engehaldenstrasse 4, 3012 Bern, Switzerland

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2015, vol. 19, issue 01, 1-24

Abstract: Upper echelon theory and research on innovation have considered top management teams and their behaviour and characteristics as important factors that positively influence innovativeness and organizational outcomes. Yet, innovation research has mostly focused on individual new product projects, and their performance and impact on firm performance. Recent research has started to apply a more holistic view in terms of innovation, by considering firm-wide innovation instead of single new products. Upper echelon research has concentrated on direct relationships between top management team characteristics and organizational outcomes. But recent research calls for mediating effects of the relationship between top management team characteristics and organizational outcomes. Hence, this study introduces firm innovativeness as a mediator between top management team innovation orientation and firm growth. Focusing on small and medium-sized firms, which often represent highly innovative firms, results show that firm innovativeness fully mediates the relationship between top management team innovation orientation and firm growth. Implications and future research are discussed.

Keywords: Top management team; innovation orientation; firm innovativeness; firm growth; small and medium-sized firms; upper echelon theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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