Journal of Management Research
Vol. 23, No. 1 (January - June 2023)
ISSN: 0972-5814 Online ISSN: 0974-455X
Knowledge Absorptive Capacity and Organizational Responsiveness: The Moderating Role of Strategic Orientation
Elham Shahmiri Lakeh, Alireza Khorakian and Mahdi Forghani Bajestani
| Abstract |
This study highlights knowledge absorptive capacity as a core capability playing a vital role in organizational success through increased responsiveness to environmental changes. Also, its purpose is to evaluate the strategic orientation of prospector, analyzer, and defender organizations as a contextual factor conditioning the effect of knowledge-absorptive capacity. This study adopts a quantitative approach using self-administered questionnaires. Primary data collected from senior managers of 80 medium and large manufacturing firms were used in multiple regressions to test the hypotheses. The results indicate a positive and significant relationship between knowledge-absorptive capacity and organizational responsiveness. Furthermore, this positive effect is higher for prospectors than for analyzer and defender organizations. Our findings indicate those prospector organizations that continuously try to test product development and new methods and
venture into new markets are in the best position to benefit from knowledge-absorptive capacity as a major stimulus to improve their responsiveness to environmental changes.
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