The impact of knowledge vacuum to innovation process during public research organizations merger

Maintaining innovation process during merger in a merged public research organization is quite a challenge. Knowledge vacuum is a potential rising issue due to merger. This study aims to examine knowledge vacuum as intervening role between organizational factors and individual factor, also how it im...

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Main Authors: Kirana Rukmayuninda Ririh, Elisa Anggraeni, Machfud Machfud, Nurul Taufiqu Rochman
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Language:English
Published: University in Belgrade 2024-11-01
Series:Serbian Journal of Management
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Online Access:https://aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/sjm/article/view/48504/26432
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author Kirana Rukmayuninda Ririh
Elisa Anggraeni
Machfud Machfud
Nurul Taufiqu Rochman
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description Maintaining innovation process during merger in a merged public research organization is quite a challenge. Knowledge vacuum is a potential rising issue due to merger. This study aims to examine knowledge vacuum as intervening role between organizational factors and individual factor, also how it impacts the innovation process. PLS-SEM is applied by using software SmartPLS 4.0, and 198 innovation actors are involving in questionnaires survey. Surprisingly, the results show that knowledge vacuum positively and significantly influences absorptive and adaptive capability to form distinctive competencies. It shows that missing knowledge flows among high-performer actors, such as innovators, will enhance competencies during chaotic event due to merger. In addition, distinctive competencies have a significant positive influence to innovation process. On the other hand, knowledge vacuum is not having a direct relationship to distinctive competencies. Resource and infrastructure management has a contribution to positively forming knowledge vacuum during merger to create strong absorptive and adaptive capability and curve prominent distinctive competencies, which eventually will positively impact the innovation process.
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spelling doaj-art-beda36ecb3284d1aa08332110e66f0452025-08-20T02:21:39ZengUniversity in BelgradeSerbian Journal of Management1452-48642217-71592024-11-0119237339110.5937/sjm19-48504The impact of knowledge vacuum to innovation process during public research organizations mergerKirana Rukmayuninda Ririh0Elisa Anggraeni1Machfud Machfud2Nurul Taufiqu Rochman3Department of Agricultural Industrial Engineering, IPB University, Bogor, 16680,West Java, IndonesiaDepartment of Agricultural Industrial Engineering, IPB University, Bogor, 16680,West Java, IndonesiaDepartment of Agricultural Industrial Engineering, IPB University, Bogor, 16680,West Java, IndonesiaResearch for Advanced Material, National Research & Innovation Agency Tangerang, Banten, 15314, Indonesia Maintaining innovation process during merger in a merged public research organization is quite a challenge. Knowledge vacuum is a potential rising issue due to merger. This study aims to examine knowledge vacuum as intervening role between organizational factors and individual factor, also how it impacts the innovation process. PLS-SEM is applied by using software SmartPLS 4.0, and 198 innovation actors are involving in questionnaires survey. Surprisingly, the results show that knowledge vacuum positively and significantly influences absorptive and adaptive capability to form distinctive competencies. It shows that missing knowledge flows among high-performer actors, such as innovators, will enhance competencies during chaotic event due to merger. In addition, distinctive competencies have a significant positive influence to innovation process. On the other hand, knowledge vacuum is not having a direct relationship to distinctive competencies. Resource and infrastructure management has a contribution to positively forming knowledge vacuum during merger to create strong absorptive and adaptive capability and curve prominent distinctive competencies, which eventually will positively impact the innovation process.https://aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/sjm/article/view/48504/26432knowledge vacuuminnovation processmanagerial supportmerged research-based organizationstructural equation modelling
spellingShingle Kirana Rukmayuninda Ririh
Elisa Anggraeni
Machfud Machfud
Nurul Taufiqu Rochman
The impact of knowledge vacuum to innovation process during public research organizations merger
Serbian Journal of Management
knowledge vacuum
innovation process
managerial support
merged research-based organization
structural equation modelling
title The impact of knowledge vacuum to innovation process during public research organizations merger
title_full The impact of knowledge vacuum to innovation process during public research organizations merger
title_fullStr The impact of knowledge vacuum to innovation process during public research organizations merger
title_full_unstemmed The impact of knowledge vacuum to innovation process during public research organizations merger
title_short The impact of knowledge vacuum to innovation process during public research organizations merger
title_sort impact of knowledge vacuum to innovation process during public research organizations merger
topic knowledge vacuum
innovation process
managerial support
merged research-based organization
structural equation modelling
url https://aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/sjm/article/view/48504/26432
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