How R&D Staff’s Improvisation Capability Is Formed: A Perspective of Micro-Foundations

Frontiers in Psychology

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Hui He¹  Yan Bai¹  Junguang Gao¹  Jinqiang Xie² 

[1] Business School, Beijing Technology and Business University;Business School, Beijing Wuzi University

关键词: improvisation capability;    minimal structure;    micro-foundations;    inverted U-shaped effect;    R&D staff;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.551970

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The study examines how R&D staff improvisation capability is formed based on theory of micro-foundations, that is, how R&D individuals, experience and external knowledge gathering, and minimal structure interact and work on their improvisation capability together. The results show that: (1) R&D staff’s experience and external knowledge gathering have linear influences on their improvisation capability, respectively; (2) minimal structure has a curvilinear impact on improvisation capability; (3) minimal structure has a curvilinear moderating effect on the relationship between experience, external knowledge gathering and improvisation capability, respectively. The study suggests that managers keep minimal structure at the moderate level to promote their R&D people’s improvisation capability.

【 授权许可】

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