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Entrepreneurial orientation and innovation performance: roles of strategic HRM and technical turbulence
Author(s) -
Tang Guiyao,
Chen Yang,
Jin Jiafei
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1111/1744-7941.12053
Subject(s) - entrepreneurial orientation , business , sample (material) , product (mathematics) , marketing , new product development , industrial organization , product innovation , orientation (vector space) , business administration , entrepreneurship , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , finance , chromatography
This study advances research on the return from entrepreneurial orientation by examining how a firm's internal system (i.e. strategic human resource management) and the external environment (i.e. technical turbulence) within which a firm operates interact in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and product innovation performance. Using a matched sample of 151 chief executive officers and other top executives from C hinese manufacturing firms, this study finds that entrepreneurial orientation is positively related to product innovation performance and that this relationship is stronger among firms implementing strategic HRM practices to a greater extent. Furthermore, the three‐way interaction test indicates that the interactive effect of entrepreneurial orientation and strategic HRM practices on product innovation performance is stronger for firms operating in a less turbulent environment.