Exploring the absorptive capacity to innovation/productivity link for individual engineers engaged in IT enabled work

Information and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-87

  Deng, Xiaodong ^a   Doll, William J ^b   Cao, Mei ^c  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Engineering work; Intuitive problem solving; IT enabled work; Systematic problem solving; Task innovation; Task productivity

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; INNOVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE; ENGINEERING WORK; INTUITIVE PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK INNOVATION; TASK PRODUCTIVITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 40049083816     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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