Social hierarchy and joint search as antecedents of innovation originality

Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Publication Date

8-2018

Abstract

We investigate how teams with different social hierarchy structures search for knowledge and how found and included knowledge sources affect innovation originality. We test our hypotheses on a longitudinal sample of semiconductor patents and find that the relation between time-spanning search and innovation originality is moderated by social hierarchy.

Keywords

Knowledge sources, Social hierarchy, Patents and inventions

Discipline

Organizational Behavior and Theory | Technology and Innovation

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Proceedings of Academy of Management Annual Meeting: 78th AOM 2018, Chicago, Illinois, US, 2018 August 10-14

Identifier

10.5465/AMBPP.2018.181

Publisher

Academy of Management

City or Country

Chicago, Illinois, US

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.181

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