Understanding New Zealand firm innovation: exploring human resource factors by firm size and strength
dc.citation.issue | 3 | |
dc.citation.volume | 54 | |
dc.contributor.author | Haar J | |
dc.contributor.author | O’Kane C | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-11T00:01:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-06-11T00:01:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.description.abstract | Firm innovation is of vital importance to New Zealand’s economy, but we understand little about how different human resource (workforce) factors influence innovation approaches (product/services innovation, process innovation, and innovation speed). We explore three human resource (HR) factors: workforce knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), workforce attraction, and workforce retention, using a sample of New Zealand private sector firms (n = 402). Regression analysis shows all HR factors are significant predictors of all innovation approaches. Further analysis shows workforce KSAs is dominant towards product/service innovation, workforce attraction is dominant towards process innovation, and workforce retention is dominant towards innovation speed. Moderating effects by firm size are found showing small-sized firms out innovate large-sized firms when workforce KSA are high, despite small-sized firms having, on average, weaker HR factors and innovation approaches than large-sized firms. We highlight the organisational implications across small–and large-sized firms. | |
dc.description.confidential | false | |
dc.format.pagination | 350-367 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Haar J, O’Kane C. (2024). Understanding New Zealand firm innovation: exploring human resource factors by firm size and strength. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 54. 3. (pp. 350-367). | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/03036758.2023.2180761 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1175-8899 | |
dc.identifier.elements-type | journal-article | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0303-6758 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69767 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis Group on behalf of the Royal Society of New Zealand | |
dc.publisher.uri | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03036758.2023.2180761 | |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand | |
dc.rights | (c) The author/s | en |
dc.rights.license | CC BY-NC-ND | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Firm innovation | |
dc.subject | human capital | |
dc.subject | workforce attraction | |
dc.subject | workforce retention | |
dc.subject | firm size | |
dc.subject | moderation | |
dc.subject | dominance analysis | |
dc.title | Understanding New Zealand firm innovation: exploring human resource factors by firm size and strength | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
pubs.elements-id | 460773 | |
pubs.organisational-group | Other |
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