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Boemelburg R, Berger S, Jansen JJP, Bruch H. Regulatory focus climate, organizational structure, and employee ambidexterity: An interactive multilevel model. Human Resource Management 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/hrm.22155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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- Raphael Boemelburg
- Institute of Technology Management University of St. Gallen St. Gallen Switzerland
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- Department for HRM & OB University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands
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- Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management University of St. Gallen St. Gallen Switzerland
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Abstract
This study explores heterogeneity in the efficacy of stretch goals for engaging employees in innovation, as stretch goals may both boost norm-breaking creativity and hamper fruitful ideation by overwhelming employees. Through a multilevel perspective, we demonstrate that stretch goals motivate more capable employees (successful, experienced, senior) to submit useful innovative ideas by combining the motivation of stretch goals with these employees' ability to discern fruitful from futile ideas. Other employees, meanwhile, may “spin their wheels” and submit lower-quality ideas based on their inability to apply useful knowledge. Empirically, we leverage idea generation data from a Fortune 500 firm. We contribute to stretch goals research by demonstrating both the intended and the unintended consequences that shape employee behavior and to the innovation literature by articulating when stretch goals can and cannot motivate valuable innovation from employees.
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- Saeedeh Ahmadi
- Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam, 1018 TV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012
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Mom TJM, Fourné SPL, Jansen JJP. Managers’ Work Experience, Ambidexterity, and Performance: The Contingency Role of the Work Context. Hum Resour Manage 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Tom J. M. Mom
- Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the Rotterdam School of Management; Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the Erasmus Research Institute of Management
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- Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the Rotterdam School of Management
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Jansen JJP, Tempelaar MP, van den Bosch FAJ, Volberda HW. Structural Differentiation and Ambidexterity: The Mediating Role of Integration Mechanisms. Organization Science 2009. [DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 594] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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