Antonia Ruiz Moreno, Ma Teresa Ortega‐Egea and Francisco Javier Lloréns‐Montes
This paper aims to analyze the influence of externalization in the workforce on creating a work context that supports innovation and the moderation of this relationship by…
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to analyze the influence of externalization in the workforce on creating a work context that supports innovation and the moderation of this relationship by different contextual variables.
Design/methodology/approach
These relationships were studied using a sample of 249 workers from five firms. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to contrast the hypotheses.
Findings
The results of the study indicate that externalization affects the permanent worker's orientation to innovation negatively and that this relationship is moderated by contextual variables such as group potency and monitoring.
Originality/value
The aim of this paper is to stimulate new lines of research on externalization and orientation to innovation and their repercussions for the firm.
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Francisco Javier Lloréns-Montes, Ma Teresa Ortega-Egea and Antonia Ruiz-Moreno
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the consequences of externalization from the perspective of the employees. The paper contributes to this line of research by examining how…
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the consequences of externalization from the perspective of the employees. The paper contributes to this line of research by examining how externalization influences internal employees’ perceptions of flexibility.
Design/methodology/approach
The hypotheses were tested with data collected from 249 internal workers in five organizations. To contrast the hypotheses, the paper used hierarchical regression analysis.
Findings
The results of the study indicate that externalization has a negative and significant effect on the climate of flexibility among internal workers. These negative consequences decrease in a context of group potency, but increase among employees with greater supervisory responsibility.
Originality/value
The results obtained add evidence to the small body of theoretical research that has studied the negative effects of externalization on internal employees’ perceptions.
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M. Teresa Ortega Egea, María Isabel Roldán Bravo, Antonia Ruiz Moreno, Carmen Haro Domínguez and Dainelis Cabeza Pullés
Although most research considers organizational learning as an antecedent of innovation, the relationship is complex and could be reciprocal. Therefore, more research is needed on…
Abstract
Purpose
Although most research considers organizational learning as an antecedent of innovation, the relationship is complex and could be reciprocal. Therefore, more research is needed on the profit gained from the learning and organization acquires from its innovation activities. Using the concept of fit, this paper aims to investigate whether organizational learning increases when an organization’s technical innovation level exceeds that of its competitors (positive misfit), theorizing the curvilinear effect of positive technical innovation misfit on organizational learning.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper uses regression analysis with survey data gathered from 202 European firms.
Findings
The findings support the argument that positive technical innovation misfit has an inverted-U shaped effect on organizational learning.
Practical implications
The findings obtained should orient firm managers to developing a work environment that enables optimal levels of technical innovation and learning – levels at which the technical innovation developed drives learning among the organization’s members but avoids becoming trapped in the organizational complexity involved in very high levels of positive technical innovation misfit.
Originality/value
This study resolves conflicting views of the relationship between organizational learning and technical innovation and adds to the existing literature that indicates that proactive innovative firms can fail when becoming learners.