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Reflexivity and flexibility: Complementary routes to innovation?

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  • Farnese, Maria Luisa
  • Fida, Roberta
  • Livi, Stefano

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Flexibility and reflexivity are essential processes for organisational innovation. The aim of the paper is to investigate their concurrent and interactive contribution in enhancing two innovation outcomes (the organisational openness towards innovation and the actual innovation adoption). Participants were 357 Italian employees. Results of a hierarchical regression model showed the role of both factors in fostering the two innovation outcomes under study. In addition, results showed the complementary interaction of reflexivity and flexibility, outlining two possible routes to innovation. Specifically, reflexivity appears to be a generative learning process capable of encouraging innovation in low-flexibility conditions, whereas flexibility tends to encourage innovation in low-reflexivity conditions. The findings provide empirical support of their roles as complementary resources for innovation, which has been under-examined in the literature.

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  • Farnese, Maria Luisa & Fida, Roberta & Livi, Stefano, 2016. "Reflexivity and flexibility: Complementary routes to innovation?," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(3), pages 404-419, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:22:y:2016:i:03:p:404-419_00
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