The adoption of innovations has emerged as one of the dominant research topic in the management of innovations in organizations,though investigations often yield mixed results.To help managers and researchers improve ...The adoption of innovations has emerged as one of the dominant research topic in the management of innovations in organizations,though investigations often yield mixed results.To help managers and researchers improve the effectiveness of their efforts,the authors employed meta-analysis integrated by structural equation modeling to analyze the associations between the attributes of innovations,behavioral preferences of managers and organizations'innovation adoption decisions in a mediated-moderated framework.Our findings offer evidences that attributes of innovations influence behavioral preferences of managers and,in turn,adoption decisions in organizations.We also observe that the context in which the adoption decision takes place and the research settings employed by scholars matter.Finally,the theoretical contribution and practical implications of our meta-analytical results are discussed.展开更多
文摘The adoption of innovations has emerged as one of the dominant research topic in the management of innovations in organizations,though investigations often yield mixed results.To help managers and researchers improve the effectiveness of their efforts,the authors employed meta-analysis integrated by structural equation modeling to analyze the associations between the attributes of innovations,behavioral preferences of managers and organizations'innovation adoption decisions in a mediated-moderated framework.Our findings offer evidences that attributes of innovations influence behavioral preferences of managers and,in turn,adoption decisions in organizations.We also observe that the context in which the adoption decision takes place and the research settings employed by scholars matter.Finally,the theoretical contribution and practical implications of our meta-analytical results are discussed.
