The effects of organizational isomorphism on innovation performance through knowledge search in industrial cluster
The effects of organizational isomorphism on innovation performance through knowledge search in industrial cluster
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DOI：
10.1108/cms-04-2016-0076
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发表时间：
2017-04
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Hui Zhang;Baoliang Hu
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作者：
Hui Zhang;Baoliang Hu
目的研究组织同构和知识搜索与集群企业创新绩效的关系。它还规定了组织同构通过知识搜索影响创新绩效的机制。设计/方法/方法收集了企业层面的数据，发放给浙江省集群企业中国的问卷，产生了165份可用于分析的问卷。研究采用多元回归分析和结构方程模型两种方法对假设进行检验。研究发现，规范同构和模仿同构对集群企业创新绩效有反U型效应，探索性知识搜索对集群企业创新绩效有显著影响。剥削性知识搜索和两种知识搜索之间的平衡对集群企业创新绩效有正向影响；探索性知识搜索和剥削性知识搜索在组织同构与集群企业创新绩效之间起部分中介作用。知识搜索的中介作用将规范同构和模仿同构对创新绩效的倒U型效应转化为正向效应。创新/价值本研究通过揭示集群内组织同构对创新绩效的间接影响，为研究组织同构对创新绩效的影响提供了新的视角。提出了适度同构的战略逻辑，阐明了不同知识搜索模式的创新效应，揭示了集群企业组织同构与知识搜索战略的构建与管理机制。
Purpose This paper aims to identify the relationships of both organizational isomorphism and knowledge search with the innovation performance of cluster enterprises. It also specifies the mechanism by which organizational isomorphism affects innovation performance, through knowledge search. Design/methodology/approach Firm-level data were collected with questionnaires distributed to cluster enterprises in Zhejiang Province, China, which produced 165 usable responses for the analysis. Both multiple regression analyses and structural equation modelling were used to test the hypotheses. Findings Normative isomorphism and mimetic isomorphism have inverse U-shaped effects on the innovation performance of cluster enterprises, as does exploratory knowledge search. Exploitative knowledge search and the balance between two types of knowledge search have positive effects on the innovation performance of cluster enterprises; exploratory and exploitative knowledge searches exert partial mediation effects between the organizational isomorphism and innovation performance of cluster enterprises. The mediating effect of knowledge search transforms the inverse U-shaped effect of normative isomorphism and mimetic isomorphism on innovation performance into a positive effect. Originality/value This study provides new insights into the effects of organizational isomorphism on innovation performance by showing the indirect influence of organizational isomorphism in clusters. The study proposes a strategic logic of moderate isomorphism, clarifies the innovative effect of different knowledge search modes and reveals the construction and management mechanisms of organizational isomorphism and knowledge search strategy of firms in clusters.