The antecedents of recognize the value in the absorptive capacity

Abstract

Purpose: The ability of individuals to recognize the value of external, corporate-applicable information is critical to organizational absorptive capacity. This study aims to define and operationalize the recognize the value construct, identify its antecedents and predictive power. Originality/value: It analyzes how this construct occurs at the level of the individual, workgroups and processes, besides indicating its relationship with the other predictors present in the literature. The theoretical bases can be classified by Cohen and Levinthal (1990) and Zahra and George (2002). The first one considers absorptive capacity as a stock of knowledge, the second one, as dynamic capacity. Design/methodology/approach: We adopt the Structural Equation Modeling technique to test a variance model, with four predictors of general recognize the value. We use a non-probabilistic sample consisting of 283 individuals who answered an electronic questionnaire. Findings: The results are satisfactory, as the model shows a 40% prediction power of how recognize the value occurs. The work processes were found to show higher predictive power (β = 0.417), meaning that that processes of recognize the value are enablers of the organizational recognize the value of new information. The other hypotheses were also supported, but with comparatively minor effects. The study is limited to the identification and analysis of the effects of predictors and does not contemplate its consequences, whose research is suggested.