Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > The top management team, reflexivity, knowledge...
View graph of relations

The top management team, reflexivity, knowledge sharing and new product performance: A study of the Irish software industry.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

Published

Standard

The top management team, reflexivity, knowledge sharing and new product performance: A study of the Irish software industry. . / MacCurtain, Sarah M.; Flood, Patrick C.; Ramamoorthy, Nagarajan et al.
In: Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol. 19, No. 3, 09.2010, p. 219-232.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

Harvard

MacCurtain, SM, Flood, PC, Ramamoorthy, N, West, M & Dawson, JF 2010, 'The top management team, reflexivity, knowledge sharing and new product performance: A study of the Irish software industry. ', Creativity and Innovation Management, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00564.x

APA

MacCurtain, S. M., Flood, P. C., Ramamoorthy, N., West, M., & Dawson, J. F. (2010). The top management team, reflexivity, knowledge sharing and new product performance: A study of the Irish software industry. . Creativity and Innovation Management, 19(3), 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00564.x

Vancouver

MacCurtain SM, Flood PC, Ramamoorthy N, West M, Dawson JF. The top management team, reflexivity, knowledge sharing and new product performance: A study of the Irish software industry. . Creativity and Innovation Management. 2010 Sept;19(3):219-232. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00564.x

Author

MacCurtain, Sarah M. ; Flood, Patrick C. ; Ramamoorthy, Nagarajan et al. / The top management team, reflexivity, knowledge sharing and new product performance: A study of the Irish software industry. . In: Creativity and Innovation Management. 2010 ; Vol. 19, No. 3. pp. 219-232.

Bibtex

@article{74277cc9990747b6b91440163d4e9ba7,
title = "The top management team, reflexivity, knowledge sharing and new product performance:: A study of the Irish software industry. ",
abstract = "In the present study, we develop a model to predict new product performance incorporating the literature on top management team (TMT) composition, trustworthiness, knowledge sharing and task reflexivity in organizations. We hypothesize that diversity and trustworthiness in the TMT should influence knowledge sharing and reflexivity and reflexivity and knowledge sharing would be positively associated with new product performance. We test the model using data collected from 39 indigenous software firms in Ireland. Results indicate that age diversity was positively related to knowledge sharing ability while educational level, tenure and functional diversity of the TMT did not have any direct effect on reflexivity or knowledge sharing ability or motivation. However, educational level of TMT, tenure and age diversity had indirect effects on reflexivity and knowledge sharing through the intervening variable of TMT trustworthiness. Further, knowledge sharing and task reflexivity had direct effects on market new product performance. Implications for research and practice are discussed.",
author = "MacCurtain, {Sarah M.} and Flood, {Patrick C.} and Nagarajan Ramamoorthy and Michael West and Dawson, {Jeremy F.}",
year = "2010",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00564.x",
language = "English",
volume = "19",
pages = "219--232",
journal = "Creativity and Innovation Management",
issn = "0963-1690",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Ltd",
number = "3",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - The top management team, reflexivity, knowledge sharing and new product performance:

T2 - A study of the Irish software industry.

AU - MacCurtain, Sarah M.

AU - Flood, Patrick C.

AU - Ramamoorthy, Nagarajan

AU - West, Michael

AU - Dawson, Jeremy F.

PY - 2010/9

Y1 - 2010/9

N2 - In the present study, we develop a model to predict new product performance incorporating the literature on top management team (TMT) composition, trustworthiness, knowledge sharing and task reflexivity in organizations. We hypothesize that diversity and trustworthiness in the TMT should influence knowledge sharing and reflexivity and reflexivity and knowledge sharing would be positively associated with new product performance. We test the model using data collected from 39 indigenous software firms in Ireland. Results indicate that age diversity was positively related to knowledge sharing ability while educational level, tenure and functional diversity of the TMT did not have any direct effect on reflexivity or knowledge sharing ability or motivation. However, educational level of TMT, tenure and age diversity had indirect effects on reflexivity and knowledge sharing through the intervening variable of TMT trustworthiness. Further, knowledge sharing and task reflexivity had direct effects on market new product performance. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

AB - In the present study, we develop a model to predict new product performance incorporating the literature on top management team (TMT) composition, trustworthiness, knowledge sharing and task reflexivity in organizations. We hypothesize that diversity and trustworthiness in the TMT should influence knowledge sharing and reflexivity and reflexivity and knowledge sharing would be positively associated with new product performance. We test the model using data collected from 39 indigenous software firms in Ireland. Results indicate that age diversity was positively related to knowledge sharing ability while educational level, tenure and functional diversity of the TMT did not have any direct effect on reflexivity or knowledge sharing ability or motivation. However, educational level of TMT, tenure and age diversity had indirect effects on reflexivity and knowledge sharing through the intervening variable of TMT trustworthiness. Further, knowledge sharing and task reflexivity had direct effects on market new product performance. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00564.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00564.x

M3 - Journal article

VL - 19

SP - 219

EP - 232

JO - Creativity and Innovation Management

JF - Creativity and Innovation Management

SN - 0963-1690

IS - 3

ER -