Developing a framework linking organizational creativity climate, knowledge acquisition, and R & D performance

Abstract

R & D is the key for the knowledge-intensive and high value-added innovations in the firms. To expedite R & D activities, the Malaysian government increased its R & D expenditure to motivate R & D engineers to innovate, to engage actively in the commercialization of patents and the filing of intellectual property. This study aims to identify environmental factors that can intensify the R & D performance and increase the potential for innovations to be commercialized. Extensive literature review indicated that organizational creative climate influences R & D performance. Hence, organizational creative climate has been proposed as a significant predictor of R & D performance. However, inconsistent findings have been reported by various researchers. Therefore, knowledge acquisition capability is added as an intervening variable that can influence the relationship between organizational creative climate and R & D performance. To the researcher's knowledge, no attempt has been made to integrate the organizational creative climate with knowledge acquisition and R & D performance. It is hoped that this study will result in a better understanding of the factors that can influence R & D performance, particularly among medical devices manufacturers.