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Top management and organisational innovation: review and future directions

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  • Michael L.A. Hsu
  • Maggie Hui-Fen Chen
  • Binshan Lin

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This study reviews the relevant literature on the relation between top management and the organisational innovation based on 21 empirical studies. This study found that: (1) Top management directly influence organisational innovation via characteristics, leadership and behaviour of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Top Management Team (TMT); (2) Top management influence organisational innovation via mediators. The first mediator is strategic decision or choice made by CEO/TMT. The second is the outcomes of top management. Meanwhile, commitment, communication and involvement of CEO/TMT can serve as mediators between organisational activities and organisational innovation; (3) Three levels of variables moderate the relationship between top management and organisational innovation, the first is the social level, including social–cultural context, culture and technological dynamism; the second is the organisational level, e.g. the novelty of business; the third is the group level, including interfunctional coordination of TMT and managerial creativity of TMT.

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  • Michael L.A. Hsu & Maggie Hui-Fen Chen & Binshan Lin, 2008. "Top management and organisational innovation: review and future directions," International Journal of Innovation and Learning, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(5), pages 533-556.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijilea:v:5:y:2008:i:5:p:533-556
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    1. Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah & Muhammad Anwar & Ch. Mazhar Hussain, 2021. "Top managers' attributes, innovation, and the participation in China–Pakistan Economic Corridor: A study of energy sector small and medium‐sized enterprises," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(2), pages 385-406, March.

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