Abstract
We develop and test a theoretically-based integrative framework of key proximal factors (orientation, pressure, and control) that helps to explain the effects of more general factors (the organisation's strategy, structure, and environment) on intentions to adopt an innovation one year later. Senior managers from 134 organizations were surveyed and confirmatory factor analyses showed that these hypothesized core factors provided a good fit to the data, indicating that our framework can provide a theoretical base to the previous, largely a theoretical, literature. Moreover, in a subgroup of 63 organizations, control mediated the effects of organizational strategy and centralisation on organizational innovation adoption intentions one year later. We suggest this model of core factors enables researchers to understand why certain variables are important to organisational innovation adoption and promotes identification of fertile research areas around orientation, pressure and control, and it enables managers to focus on the most proximal triggers for increasing innovation adoption.
Publisher Statement: Electronic version of an article published as [International Journal of Innovation Management, 16, 1, 2012, 1250004-1250039] [10.1142/S1363919611003593] © copyright World Scientific Publishing Company http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijim
Publisher Statement: Electronic version of an article published as [International Journal of Innovation Management, 16, 1, 2012, 1250004-1250039] [10.1142/S1363919611003593] © copyright World Scientific Publishing Company http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijim
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1250004-1250039 |
Number of pages | 36 |
Journal | International Journal of Innovation Management |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Electronic version of an article published as [International Journal of Innovation Management, 16, 1, 2012, 1250004-1250039] [10.1142/S1363919611003593] © copyright World Scientific Publishing Company http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijimKeywords
- Innovation Adoption
- Perceived Control
- External Pressure
- Orientation