Dissertationenhttps://kobra.uni-kassel.de:443/handle/123456789/114542024-03-29T11:56:24Z2024-03-29T11:56:24ZA Multi-Perspective Investigation of the Innovation Process: Dynamics, Regulation, and Integration of ConceptsHundeling, Maikehttps://kobra.uni-kassel.de:443/handle/123456789/128392023-05-22T13:04:35Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZThis dissertation provides insight into how individuals and teams address the complex and dynamic nature of innovation processes. Focusing on affect and self-regulation, the dissertation investigates how and why regulation efforts of individuals and teams may be beneficial for both innovative activities (i.e., idea generation and implementation) and innovative strategies (i.e., exploration and exploitation). Further, it addresses the issue of conceptual variety in innovation research and examines to what extent innovative activities and innovative strategies as different concepts used in innovation research may be interwoven. The dissertation is based on a literature review on the relationship between individual-level affect and innovation, and on three empirical studies. Two of these studies, a longitudinal field study with work teams and a laboratory study with student teams, examine the association between team regulatory focus and innovation. The third study, a qualitative interview study with founders and facilitators of innovation processes (i.e., coaches, trainers, consultants), explores how far innovative activities and innovative strategies are interdependent concepts. Most importantly, the empirical findings provide insight about the associations between team regulatory focus and both innovative activities and strategies. For example, the field study results suggest a dynamic interplay of cognitive and affective constructs that explains the relationship between team regulatory focus and innovative strategies. Considering the conceptual level, the findings of this dissertation emphasize that innovative activities and innovative strategies are interwoven, and that the relative importance of innovative strategies also shifts in the course of an innovation project. Overall, the findings underline both the complexity and dynamics that individuals and teams are faced with in innovation processes. In sum, the dissertation mainly addresses the fields of innovation dynamics, individual-level and team-level regulation of affect and behavior, and the construct clarity of innovation and related facets.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZHundeling, MaikeThis dissertation provides insight into how individuals and teams address the complex and dynamic nature of innovation processes. Focusing on affect and self-regulation, the dissertation investigates how and why regulation efforts of individuals and teams may be beneficial for both innovative activities (i.e., idea generation and implementation) and innovative strategies (i.e., exploration and exploitation). Further, it addresses the issue of conceptual variety in innovation research and examines to what extent innovative activities and innovative strategies as different concepts used in innovation research may be interwoven. The dissertation is based on a literature review on the relationship between individual-level affect and innovation, and on three empirical studies. Two of these studies, a longitudinal field study with work teams and a laboratory study with student teams, examine the association between team regulatory focus and innovation. The third study, a qualitative interview study with founders and facilitators of innovation processes (i.e., coaches, trainers, consultants), explores how far innovative activities and innovative strategies are interdependent concepts. Most importantly, the empirical findings provide insight about the associations between team regulatory focus and both innovative activities and strategies. For example, the field study results suggest a dynamic interplay of cognitive and affective constructs that explains the relationship between team regulatory focus and innovative strategies. Considering the conceptual level, the findings of this dissertation emphasize that innovative activities and innovative strategies are interwoven, and that the relative importance of innovative strategies also shifts in the course of an innovation project. Overall, the findings underline both the complexity and dynamics that individuals and teams are faced with in innovation processes. In sum, the dissertation mainly addresses the fields of innovation dynamics, individual-level and team-level regulation of affect and behavior, and the construct clarity of innovation and related facets.Leading for innovation: an empirical analysis of ambidextrous leadershipGerlach, Friederike Schwantjehttps://kobra.uni-kassel.de:443/handle/123456789/114522021-06-23T14:24:14Z2019-10-01T00:00:00ZThis dissertation investigates leadership in innovation processes. Based on ambidexterity theory, the focus is on the contradictory aspects of creativity and implementation within the innovation process and how leaders can support employees in addressing them. More specifically, this dissertation takes a within-process perspective looking at the influences of leader behaviors depending on different situations within the innovation process. The ambidextrous leadership model provides concrete leader behaviors defined to address the specifics of the innovation process. Thus, the relevance of these specific leader behaviors for the innovation process, i.e. opening and closing leader behaviors, is examined. Furthermore, the flexible adaptation of ambidextrous leader behaviors and the alignment of leader and follower behaviors with situational requirements of creativity and implementation is investigated. Three dissertation studies are described including a longitudinal field study across six weeks as well as two experimental designs manipulating leadership in the laboratory. The results emphasize the relevance of opening and closing leader behavior for leadership in innovation processes. Furthermore, it has been found that the alignment of leader and follower behaviors with situational requirements of creativity and implementation leads to higher innovation performance. Unfortunately, evidence for the flexible adaptation of ambidextrous leader behaviors was not provided. Nonetheless, this might be due to operationalizations of the flexibility component disregarding the alignment of leader behaviors with situational requirements. This dissertation adds to our understanding of leadership for innovation, because the within-process perspective for innovation is emphasized and provides evidence for the relevance of situational requirements of creativity and implementation. These aspects need to be considered by leaders to reach successful innovations.
2019-10-01T00:00:00ZGerlach, Friederike SchwantjeThis dissertation investigates leadership in innovation processes. Based on ambidexterity theory, the focus is on the contradictory aspects of creativity and implementation within the innovation process and how leaders can support employees in addressing them. More specifically, this dissertation takes a within-process perspective looking at the influences of leader behaviors depending on different situations within the innovation process. The ambidextrous leadership model provides concrete leader behaviors defined to address the specifics of the innovation process. Thus, the relevance of these specific leader behaviors for the innovation process, i.e. opening and closing leader behaviors, is examined. Furthermore, the flexible adaptation of ambidextrous leader behaviors and the alignment of leader and follower behaviors with situational requirements of creativity and implementation is investigated. Three dissertation studies are described including a longitudinal field study across six weeks as well as two experimental designs manipulating leadership in the laboratory. The results emphasize the relevance of opening and closing leader behavior for leadership in innovation processes. Furthermore, it has been found that the alignment of leader and follower behaviors with situational requirements of creativity and implementation leads to higher innovation performance. Unfortunately, evidence for the flexible adaptation of ambidextrous leader behaviors was not provided. Nonetheless, this might be due to operationalizations of the flexibility component disregarding the alignment of leader behaviors with situational requirements. This dissertation adds to our understanding of leadership for innovation, because the within-process perspective for innovation is emphasized and provides evidence for the relevance of situational requirements of creativity and implementation. These aspects need to be considered by leaders to reach successful innovations.