Title
Employee Innovation Adoption as a Conscious Firm Strategy
Author
Preenen, P.T.Y.
Oeij, P.R.A.
Hulsegge, G.
Somers, G.
Vos, M.
Contributor
Bitran, I. (editor)
Bitetti, L. (editor)
Conn, S. (editor)
Fishburn, J. (editor)
Huizingh, E. (editor)
Torkkeli, M. (editor)
Yang, J. (editor)
Publication year
2021
Abstract
We investigated employee innovation adoption in logistics firms, assuming that involving employees in the renewal activities of a firm can be a conscious strategy. We think that such strategies make employees adopt innovation faster, which is good for the innovative capability for the firm as a whole. We studies the mediating role of organisational mindfulness and employee involvement in the relationships between competition strategy and supportive leadership and employee innovation adoption. To investigate this, a unique sample of 116 managers or owners of Dutch logistics companies completed a survey on innovation within their companies and the adoption of innovation by their employees. Results show that a firm's competition strategy that values quality and not only costs, and the presence of organisational mindfulness, a firm's cultural characteristic that makes employees alert to solve issues and improve effective cooperation, is positively related to employee innovation adoption. This study emphasizes to utilise the space that every organisation has to make their own future strategic choices, i.e. to make the best use of employee involvement.
Subject
Work and Employment
Healthy Living
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TNO identifier
962075
Publisher
LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications
ISSN
9789-5233
Source
ISPIM Connects Valencia – Reconnect, Rediscover, Reimagine, on 30 November to 2 December 2021 Valencia, Spain
Document type
conference paper