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Individual-level absorptive capacity: Unveiling the interplay between dispositions and work context

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  • Emre Yildiz, H.
  • Murtic, Adis
  • Morgulis-Yakushev, Sergey
  • Klofsten, Magnus

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While extant literature conceptually recognizes individuals as an integral part of the process with which organizations absorb new knowledge, past research has paid limited attention to the antecedents of individual-level absorptive capacity. In this paper, we address this research gap. We build on the interactionist perspective and propose that individual-level absorptive capacity is shaped by the joint effects of individual employees’ dispositions (i.e., need for cognition and proactive personality) and their work context (i.e., time pressure and autonomy). Significantly, we also recognize the multidimensional nature of absorptive capacity, which suggests that individuals need different capabilities to learn and utilize new knowledge in their organizations. We test our predictions using a unique dataset from 646 employees working on knowledge-intensive tasks. Our results show that the joint effects of dispositional and contextual antecedents are not uniform across different dimensions of individual-level absorptive capacity.

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  • Emre Yildiz, H. & Murtic, Adis & Morgulis-Yakushev, Sergey & Klofsten, Magnus, 2024. "Individual-level absorptive capacity: Unveiling the interplay between dispositions and work context," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:techno:v:131:y:2024:i:c:s0166497224000154
    DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2024.102965
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