From potential absorptive capacity to innovation outcomes in project teams: The conditional mediating role of the realized absorptive capacity in a relational learning context

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 894-907

  Leal Rodríguez, Antonio L ^a   Roldán, José L ^b   Ariza Montes, José A ^a   Leal Millán, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD LOYOLA ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Potential absorptive capacity; Project teams; Realized absorptive capacity innovation outcomes; Relational learning

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT; INDIRECT EFFECTS; PROCESS MODELING; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT TEAM; RELATIONAL LEARNING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EQUATION; INNOVATION; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84901638641     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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