The impact of workplace information literacy on organizational innovation: An empirical study |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Business, Edge Hill University, St Helens Rd, Ormskirk, L39 4QP, United Kingdom;2. Information Science, Åbo Akademi Unviersity, Fänriksgatan 3 B, 20500, Åbo, Finland;3. Department of ALM, Uppsala University, Engelska parken, Thunbergsv. 3H 751 26, Uppsala, Sweden;1. Room 1103, Bldg 24, ANU College of Business and Economics, Copland Building 24, The Australian National University, ACT, 2601, Australia;2. Dean, College of Business, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, Khalifa City, FF1-2-051, United Arab Emirates;3. Chair of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, College of Business, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, Khalifa City, FF1-2-049, United Arab Emirates;1. Department of Industrial Systems and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India;2. Reliability Engineering Centre, Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India;1. Department of Energy, Systems, Territory and Construction Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 1, 56122 Pisa, Italy;2. Department of Enterprise Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Orazio Raimondo, 00173, Rome, Italy;1. University of Perugia, Department of Engineering, Via G. Duranti, 93, 06125, Perugia, Italy;2. MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, 245 First Street, 02142, Cambridge, MA, USA;3. University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Enterprise Engineering, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133, Rome, Italy;1. Department of Business and Law, University of Calabria, Italy;2. Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Naples Federico II, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The present study investigates the relationship between CEO’s information literacy and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Even if information literacy’s business value has been recognized in recent literature, its impact on organizational innovation, a critical and strongly information intensive process, has never been studied before. Structural equation modeling based analysis of data collected from 184 company CEOs in Finland revealed that CEOs’ information literacy has a positive impact on the development of exploratory and exploitative innovations in SMEs. Additionally, opportunity recognition mediates the relationship between information literacy and innovation. Overall, the influence of information literacy is slightly stronger on exploitation than exploration. Nevertheless, the mutual positive effect suggests that information literacy enhances innovation ambidexterity in organizations. Based on these findings, we discuss theoretical and practical implications as well as future research opportunities in workplace information literacy research. |
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| Keywords: | Workplace information literacy Innovation SME Leadership CEO Exploration and exploitation Structural equation modelling Workplace information literacy scale |
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