Science Research Management

Science Research Management ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (10): 76-84.

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The relationship among absorptive capacity, organizational integration, organizational creativity and innovation performance

Liu Chao 1,2, Liu Xinmei 1, Li Caifeng 1   

  1. 1. School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, The Key Lab of the Ministry of Education for Process Control & Efficiency Engineering, Xi’an 710049, Shanxi,China;
    2. College of Economics and Management,Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an 710049, Shanxi,China
  • Received:2013-05-29 Revised:2015-03-04 Online:2017-10-20 Published:2017-10-11

Abstract: Exploring the inherent impact of Absorptive capacity on innovational performance is an important topic in the field of strategic studies. From the perspective of knowledge creation, this article analyzes the role of organizational creativity and organizational integration in the relationship between absorptive capacity and innovational performance, using 307 Chinese firms as the research objects, and by using moderated mediating method based on bootstrapping to test the hypotheses. The empirical results show that: organizational creativity acts a mediating role in the relationship between absorptive capacity and innovational performance; organizational integration strengths the positive relationship between organizational creativity and innovational performance; and organizational integration moderates the indirect effect of absorptive capacity on innovational performance.

Key words: absorptive capacity, organizational creativity, organizational integration, innovational performance, moderated mediation