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Examining the Impact of Strategic Thinking on Organizational Innovation: The Moderating Role of Autonomy: A Study at Jordanian Information Technology Companies

verfasst von : Sahar Moh’d Abu Bakir, Motteh S. Al Shibly

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Abstract

The study aimed to test the impact of strategic thinking in terms of (systems thinking and future insights) on organizational innovation in terms of (introducing new products and developing the current products): The moderating role of Autonomy at Jordanian IT companies. The quantitative analytical descriptive method was used. 98 IT companies were randomly selected out of 220 companies operating in the Jordanian market. For collecting the needed information and data the questionnaire was used and distributed electronically to 205 managers working at the selected IT companies, 173 questionnaires were retrieved and statistically analyzed. The main results of the statistical analysis revealed that there is a statistically significant impact of strategic thinking on organizational innovation, and Autonomy as a moderator improved this impact by 0.02. The study recommended enhancing the capabilities of all the staff in strategic thinking and empowering them to be able to freely make innovative decisions.
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Metadaten
Titel
Examining the Impact of Strategic Thinking on Organizational Innovation: The Moderating Role of Autonomy: A Study at Jordanian Information Technology Companies
verfasst von
Sahar Moh’d Abu Bakir
Motteh S. Al Shibly
Copyright-Jahr
2023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26953-0_13

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