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- Title
Managing for innovation: Insights into a successful company.
- Authors
Crespell, Pablo; Hansen, Eric
- Abstract
This case explores work climate and its relation with Innovativeness In a small U.S. secondary wood products company. The primary objective of this in-depth stage of a larger study was to preliminarily validate the components and relationships of a theoretical model describing the links among work climate and innovativeness. The company is one of three companies studied in depth after the theoretical model was developed and was chosen based on the researchers' familiarity with its Innovativeness and creative climate. The study included a quantitative survey, plus qualitative interviews. Overall, 70 percent of the company's workforce responded to the survey, representing hourly workers, management, and office staff. Findings supported the theoretical model, and qualitative data provided additional insight. The following six factors appeared to adequately indicate a pro-innovation climate: supervisor encouragement, team cohesion, challenge, autonomy, openness to innovation, and availability of resources. Organizational commitment and Job satisfaction show positive and significant correlations with climate for innovation. This illustrates the synergistic effect of management actively leading for innovation as a way to build competitiveness, while simultaneously creating a positive work climate. The case company profiled here illustrates this leadership very clearly.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AMERICAN business enterprises; FOREST products industry; BUSINESS success; WOOD products; MANAGEMENT; WORK environment
- Publication
Forest Products Journal, 2008, Vol 58, Issue 9, p6
- ISSN
0015-7473
- Publication type
Article