The effect of the social network of the top management team on innovation in cultural and creative industries: A study based on knowledge network embedding
Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management
ISSN: 2040-8005
Article publication date: 1 October 2019
Issue publication date: 10 December 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to explore how the influence of the social network of the members of top management teams affects the firms’ innovation performance through organizational learning in cultural and creative industries in China.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on cultural and creative industries, this paper focuses on how the social network of members of top management teams affects innovation through organizational learning. Using upper Echelon theory and social capital theory, the paper puts forward the relationship between the top management team’s social network, organizational learning and innovation performance.
Findings
Drawing on the paradigm of organizational strategy duality (input-process-output), this paper constructs the conceptual model of “relational network – organizational learning − innovative performance” and attempts to reveal the relationship between the network, represented by the senior management network and organizational learning, and the mechanism behind their role in innovation performance. Finally, future research prospects are explored.
Research limitations/implications
Based on the analysis of the internal mechanism between the top management team network, organizational learning and innovation performance, the influence mechanism framework for the cultural and creative industries’ executive team social network on enterprise innovation is finally obtained, which provides theoretical guidance and a practical operation path for enterprise management innovation.
Originality/value
This research makes a theoretical contribution to the duality of organizational strategy and provides a practical operation path for enterprises to build a social network, and thereby promote innovation capabilities.
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Acknowledgements
This paper forms part of a special section “Strategic human resource management and supply chain orientation in Asia: growth potential and research agenda”, guest edited by C. Rowley and Sudhanshu Joshi.
The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71572017) and Beijing Social Science Research Foundation of China (15JGC144).
Citation
Jiao, H., Wang, Y. and Liu, M. (2019), "The effect of the social network of the top management team on innovation in cultural and creative industries: A study based on knowledge network embedding", Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management, Vol. 10 No. 1/2, pp. 4-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHRM-10-2018-0021
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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