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The Synergistic Role Of Individual Absorptive Capacity And Individual Ambidexterity In Open Innovation: A Moderated-Mediation Model

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  • SIDDHARTH GAURAV MAJHI

    (Information Systems Area, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, Jharkhand, India)

  • SAURAV SNEHVRAT

    (Strategic Management Area, XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India)

  • SANJAY CHAUDHARY

    (Strategic Management Area, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat, Haryana, India)

  • ARINDAM MUKHERJEE

    (Information Systems Area, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, Jharkhand, India)

Abstract

Managers employed in the dual gatekeeper-shepherd roles in open innovation contexts need to combine external knowledge inflows with existing internal knowledge to drive innovative work behaviour. This study explores how such managers leverage knowledge sources at the firm boundary, to drive innovation activities, by using their individual-level capabilities of absorptive capacity and ambidexterity. To collect data for the study, 121 technology managers employed in four large automotive equipment manufacturing firms in India were surveyed using an online questionnaire. Structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to examine the direct, moderation and mediation relationships hypothesised in the study. The results demonstrate the synergistic roles played by individual absorptive capacity and individual ambidexterity in enhancing the innovative behaviour of managers operating in an open innovation context. This study contributes to the theory related to the understudied individual-level analyses of open innovation and offers recommendations for managers looking to increase their innovativeness at work.

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  • Siddharth Gaurav Majhi & Saurav Snehvrat & Sanjay Chaudhary & Arindam Mukherjee, 2020. "The Synergistic Role Of Individual Absorptive Capacity And Individual Ambidexterity In Open Innovation: A Moderated-Mediation Model," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 24(07), pages 1-30, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:24:y:2020:i:07:n:s1363919620500838
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919620500838
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    1. Li, Xiaodong & Liu, Zibing & Ren, Ai & Gong, Bengang, 2022. "What fuzzy requests bring to frontline employees: An absorptive capacity theory perspective," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).

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