Measuring innovation culture in organizations: The development of a generalized innovation culture construct using exploratory factor analysis

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 539-559

  Dobni, C Brooke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Innovation; Measurement; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349100304     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060810911156     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. Aldas-Manzano, J., Kuster, I. and Vila, N. (2005), "Market orientation and innovation: an inter-relationship analysis", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 8 No. 4, pp. 437-52.
2. Alegre, J., Lapiedra, R. and Chiva, R. (2006), "A measurement scale for product innovation performance", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 9 No. 4, pp. 333-46.
3. Amit, R. and Schoemaker, P. (1993), "Strategic assets and organizational rent", Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 33-46.
4. Barrabba, V. and Zaltman, G. (1991), Hearing the Voice of the Market, Boston, MA, Harvard Business School Press.
5. Bossidy, L. and Charan, R. (2002), Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Crown Business, New York, NY.
6. Cattell, R.B. (1965a), "Factor analysis: an introduction to essentials. (I) the purpose and underlying models", Biometrics, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 190-215, 405-435.
7. Cattell, R.B. (1965b), "Factor analysis: an introduction to essentials. (II) the role of factor analysis in research", Biometrics, Vol. 21 No. 2, pp. 405-35.
8. Chatman, J.A. and Jehn, K.A. (1994), "Assessing the relationship between industry characteristics and organizational culture: how different can you be?", Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 37 No. 3, pp. 522-53.
9. Christensen, C.M. (1997), The Innovator's Dilemma, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA.
10. Christensen, C.M. and Raynor, M. (2003), The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA.
11. Churchill, G.A. (1979), "A paradigm for developing better measures for marketing constructs", Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 16, February, pp. 64-73.
12. Coffey, R.E., Cook, C.W. and Hunsaker, P.L. (1994), Management and Organization Behavior, Irwin, Burr Ridge, IL.
13. Cronbach, L. (1970), Essentials of Psychological Testing, 3rd ed., Harper and Row Publishers, New York, NY.
14. Damanpour, F. (1991), "Organizational innovation: a meta-analysis of effects of determinants and moderators", Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 555-90.
15. Day, G.S. (1990), Market-driven Strategy: Processes for Creating Value, Free Press, New York, NY.
16. Deng, S. and Dart, J. (1994), "Measuring market orientation: a multi-factor, multi item approach", Journal of Marketing Management, Vol. 10 No. 8, pp. 725-42.
17. Dobni, C.B. (2006), "The innovation blueprint", Business Horizons, Vol. 49 No. 4, pp. 329-39.
18. Dobni, C.B. (2008), "The DNA of innovation", Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 29 No. 2, pp. 43-50.
19. Dobni, C.B. and Luffman, G. (2003), "Determining the scope and impact of market orientation profiles on strategy implementation and performance", Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 24 No. 6, pp. 577-85.
20. Drucker, P. (1991), "The new productivity challenge", Harvard Business Review, Vol. 69 No. 6, November-December, pp. 69-79.
21. Frazier, G. and Rody, R. (1991), "The use of influence strategies in inter-firm relationships in industrial product channels", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 55 No. 1, pp. 52-69.
22. Gerbing, D.W. and Anderson, J.C. (1988), "An updated paradigm for scale development incorporating unidimensionality and its assessment", Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 25, May, pp. 186-92.
23. Ghiselli, E.E. (1964), Theory of Psychological Measurement, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY.
24. Govindarajan, V. and Trimble, C. (2005), "Organizational DNA for strategic innovation", California Management Review, Vol. 47 No. 3, pp. 47-76.
25. Griffin, A. (1993), "Metrics for measuring product development cycle time", Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 112-25.
26. Hamel, G. (2002), Leading the Revolution, Plume, New York, NY.
27. Hamel, G. (2006), "The why, what and how of innovation management", Harvard Business Review, Vol. 84 No. 2, February, pp. 72-84.
28. Hammer, M. (2004), "Deep change: how operational innovation can transform your company", Harvard Business Review, Vol. 82 No. 4, April, pp. 84-96.
29. Harrigan, K.R. (1983), "Research methodologies for contingency approaches to business strategy", Academy of Management Review, Vol. 8, July, pp. 398-405.
30. Hellriegel, D., Slocum, J.W. and Woodman, R.W. (1998), Organizational Behavior, 8th ed., South-Western College, Cincinnati, OH.
31. Hult, G.T.M., Hurley, R.F. and Knight, G.A. (2004), "Innovativeness: its antecedents and impact on business performance", Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 33 No. 5, pp. 429-38.
32. Hurley, R.F. and Hult, G.T.M. (1998), "Innovation, market orientation, and organizational learning: an integration and empirical examination", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 62, July, pp. 42-54.
33. Jassawalla, A.R. and Sashittal, H.C. (2003), "The DNA of cultures that promote product innovation", Ivey Business Journal, Winter, pp. 1-6.
34. Jaworski, B.J. and Kohli, A.K. (1993), "Market orientation: antecedents and consequences", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 57, July, pp. 53-70.
35. Jonash, R.S. and Sommerlate, T. (1999), The Innovation Premium, Perseus Books, Reading, MA, pp. 115-35.
36. Katabe, M. (1990), "Corporate product policy and innovative behavior of European and Japanese multinationals", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 54 No. 2, pp. 19-33.
37. Kerlinger, F.N. (1986), Foundations of Behavioral Research, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, NY.
38. Kim, J.O. and Mueller, C.W. (1978), Factor Analysis: Statistical Methods and Practical Issues, Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA.
39. Kohli, A.K. (1989), "Effects of supervisory behavior: the role of individual differences among salespeople", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 53, October, pp. 40-50.
40. Kohli, A.K. and Jaworski, B.J. (1990), "Market orientation: the construct, research propositions, and managerial implications", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 54, April, pp. 1-8.
41. Kohli, A.K., Jaworski, B.J. and Kumar, A. (1993), "MARKOR: a measure of market orientation", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 30, November, pp. 467-77.
42. Likert, R. (1967), The Human Organization: its Management and Value, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY.
43. Lock, E.A. and Kirkpatrick, S.A. (1995), "Promoting creativity in organizations", in Ford, C.M. and Gioia, D.A. (Eds), Creative Action in Organizations: Ivory Tower Visions and Real World Voices, Sage, London, pp. 115-20.
44. Louis, M.R. (1980), "A cultural perspective on organizations: the need for and consequences of viewing organizations as culture-bearing milieu", paper presented at the National Academy of Management Meetings, Detroit, MI, August.
45. Marinova, D. (2004), "Actualizing innovation effort: the impact of market knowledge diffusion in a dynamic system of competition", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 68 No. 3, pp. 1-21.
46. Martins, E.C. and Terblanche, F. (2003), "Building organizational culture that stimulates creativity and innovation", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 64-74.
47. Matsuno, K. and Mentzer, J.T. (2000), "The effects of strategy type on the market orientation-performance relationship", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 64, October, pp. 1-16.
48. Narver, J.C. and Slater, S.F. (1990), "The effect of a market orientation on business profitability", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 20, October, pp. 20-35.
49. Noordewier, T., John, G. and Nevin, J. (1990), "Performance outcomes of purchasing arrangements in industrial buyer-vendor relationships", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 54 No. 4, pp. 80-93.
50. Nunnally, J.C. (1978), Psychometric Theory, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY.
51. O'Cass, A. and Ngo, L.V. (2007), "Market orientation versus innovation culture: two routes to superior brand performance", European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 41 Nos 7/8, pp. 868-87.
52. Prahalad, C.K. and Hamel, G. (1990), "The core competence of the corporation", Harvard Business Review, Vol. 68 No. 3, pp. 79-91.
53. Peter, J.P. (1979), "Reliability: a review of psychometric basic and recent marketing practice", Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 16, February, pp. 6-17.
54. Rich Harris, J. (1998), The Nuture Assumption, Free Press, New York, NY.
55. Robbins, S.P. (1996), Organizational Behavior: Concepts, Controversies, Applications, 7th ed., Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
56. Schein, E.H. (1984), "Coming to a new awareness of organizational culture", Sloan Management Review, Vol. 25, Winter, pp. 3-16.
57. Selltiz, C., Wrightsman, L.S. and Cook, S.W. (1976), Research Methods in Social Relations, 3rd ed., Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, New York, NY.
58. Senge, P.M. and Carstedt, G. (2001), "Innovating out way to the next industrial revolution", Sloan Management Review, Vol. 42 No. 2, pp. 24-38.
59. Snow, C.C. and Hrebiniak, L.G. (1980), "Strategy, distinctive competence, and organizational performance", Academy of Management Review, Vol. 25, June, pp. 317-36.
60. Subramanian, A. and Nilakanta, S. (1996), "Organizational innovativeness: exploring the relationship between organizational determinants of innovation, types of innovations, and measures of organizational performance", Omega, Vol. 24 No. 6, pp. 631-47.
61. Syrett, M. and Lammiman, J. (1997), "The art of conjuring ideas", Director, Vol. 50 No. 9, pp. 48-54.
62. Tesluk, P.E., Faar, J.L. and Klien, S.R. (1997), "Influences of organizational culture and climate on individual creativity", The Journal of Creative Behavior, Vol. 31 No. 1, pp. 21-41.
63. Tushman, M.L. and O'Reilly, C.A. III (1997), Winning through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal, Harvard Business Press, Boston, MA.
64. Van de Ven, A.H. (1986), "Central problems in the management of innovation", Management Science, Vol. 32 No. 5, pp. 590-607.
65. Wang, C.L. and Ahmed, P.K. (2004), "The development and validation of the organizational innovativeness construct using confirmatory factor analysis", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 303-13.
66. Weick, K.E. (1985), "The significance of corporate culture", in Frost, P.J., Moore, L.F. and Martin, C.C. (Eds), Organizational Culture, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, CA, pp. 89-104.
67. West, M.A. and Farr, J.L. (1990), "Innovation at work", in West, M.A. and Farr, J.L. (Eds), Innovation and Creativity at Work: Psychological and Organizational Strategies, Wiley, Chichester, pp. 3-13.
68. Wilson, A.L., Ramamurthy, K. and Nystrom, P.C. (1999), "A multi-attribute measure for innovation adoption: the context of imaging technology", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 46 No. 3, pp. 311-21.
69. Zaltman, G., Duncan, R. and Holbek, J. (1973), Innovations and Organizations, Wiley, New York, NY.
70. Salavou, H. (2004), "The concept of innovativeness: should we need to focus?", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 33-44.