The development and validation of the organisational innovativeness construct using confirmatory factor analysis

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-313

  Wang, Catherine L ^a   Ahmed, Pervaiz K ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Organizational innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077162     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060410565056     Document Type: Review

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