New publication on the role of middle management in innovation
top managers, to middle managers and their role in promoting exploratory and exploitative product innovation in companies. Based on survey data collected in two waves over a three-year period and enriched [...] enriched with archival data, the study shows that middle managers' general human capital, structural social capital, and relational social capital promote product ambidexterity, while their cognitive social capital [...] contributes to a better understanding of how middle managers foster both exploratory and exploitative innovation, which is known to be a complex but important challenge for organizations. Link to article …
