Who You Ask Matters: Combining Perspective Taking and Positioning for Novel and Useful Opportunities
Type
conference lecture
Date Issued
2024-07-09
Author(s)
Abstract
In recent years, perspective taking has been found to predict innovative organizational outcomes. However, hidden in this direct perspective taking-innovation relationship is that individuals approach the situation from different angles and thus may differ in the type of value they bring to innovation efforts. This research considers an individual’s positioning and perspective taking ability together as joint components of social embeddedness and contributes a deeper understanding of how perspective taking influences innovative organizational outcomes. Based on a series of opportunity identification experiments, this paper presents evidence that among organizational insiders, perspective taking enhances the usefulness of opportunities identified, whereas among organizational outsiders, perspective taking enhances the novelty of opportunities identified.
Language
English (United States)
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Publisher
Academy of Management
Publisher place
Academy of Management Proceedings