The relationship between imperfect information and performance speed: The mediation of improvisation in new product development teams

Açıkgöz A., Acikgoz F., GÜNSEL A., Latham G. P.

Technovation, cilt.121, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 121
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102636
  • Dergi Adı: Technovation
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Communication Abstracts, INSPEC, Metadex, Public Affairs Index, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Imperfect information, Improvisation, Extemporaneous behavioral responses, Adaptive operational productions, Performance speed, New product development teams, MODERATING ROLE, ANTECEDENTS, COMPLEXITY, INNOVATION, CLIMATE, QUALITY, TIME, PERSPECTIVE, CAPABILITY, DIVERSITY
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2022 Elsevier LtdThe current research examines the relationship between imperfect information and performance speed in new product development (NPD) settings. We questioned the role of NPD teams' improvisation, possibly emanating from informational imperfections, on performance speed. Diverging from previous research, we treated improvisation as a dynamic team process, consisting of extemporaneous behavioral responses and adaptive operational productions. Among numerous possibilities, NPD teams might ignore the opportunistic potential of improvisation due to informational imperfections, thereby adhering to predetermined plans and/or available routines. Doing so might paralyze team members' understanding of complex task requirements. By contrast, NPD teams might exploit imperfect information by improvising ways to excel at performing, thereby speeding up NPD phases. To test these arguments, we collected data from 194 NPD teams. Ordinary least squares regression-based path analyses revealed support for our hypothesis that improvisation mediates the relationship between imperfect information and performance speed.