Catherine L Wang and Pervaiz K Ahmed (2004) The development and validation of the organisational innovativeness construct using confirmatory factor analysis. European Journal of Innovation Management,, 7 (4). pp. 303-313. ISSN 1460-1060
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The role of organisational innovativeness, or innovative capability, in attaining competitive advantage has been widely discussed. Most research examines innovation activities and their associations to organisational characteristics, or investigates certain perspectives of innovative capability, such as product innovation. Much less attention, however, has been paid to develop and validate measurement constructs of organisational innovativeness. Through extensive literature review, we identify five dimensions of an organisation’s overall innovativeness, namely product innovativeness, market innovativeness, behavioural innovativeness, process innovativeness, and strategic innovativeness. These five dimensions form the component factors of the organisational innovativeness construct. Data collected from a questionnaire survey is analysed using confirmatory factor analysis, performed by the AMOS4.0 software. Following a three-step approach, including data pruning, second-order confirmatory factor analysis, and nested models, a final 20-item measurement construct is validated. Theoretical and methodological issues in relation to application of the organisational innovativeness construct are discussed in light of these findings.
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