Exploring an Extension to the Foresight Measure: A Mixed-Mode Study of Individual Managerial Employees
01 Aug 2021-IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE))-Vol. 68, Iss: 4, pp 982-998
TL;DR: This paper uses a five-stage mixed-mode process to propose an extended foresight measure and has implications for research on the individual aspect of microfoundations of capability building, organizational measures development, and foresight literature.
Abstract: Foresight is the ability to visualize alternate futures and shape the direction of future events. Generally considered as an organizational capability, foresight can be the basis of sustained competitive advantage, and needs to be fostered by enabling employees to acquire, assimilate, and analyze information with a future orientation. However, research on what constitutes foresight at the employee (i.e., individual) level is sparse. This paper fills this gap by using a five-stage mixed-mode process to propose an extended foresight measure. This paper has implications for research on the individual aspect of microfoundations of capability building, organizational measures development, and foresight literature.
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"Exploring an Extension to the Fores..." refers background in this paper
...Foresight involves sensing, seizing, and transforming [6]; it entails the creation of new opportunities by observing the environment [39], synthesizing what has been observed [6], [45], and analyzing the information with a future orientation (FO)....
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..., [6], [14], [21], [30], [32], [46], [50], [56], [65], [95], and [96])....
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...First, microfoundations of organizational capability [2], [3], [5], [6], which establishes the role of individuals in organizational capability development....
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...Information acquisition involves learning from both external and internal sources of information [6] , [9], [21], [32] and scanning multiple sources [14], [30], [46], [65] to contextualize the content and check its trustworthiness of the source/location [14], [22], [32]....
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..., external/internal, formal/informal,8 multiple) of information scanning [6], [14], [15], [21], [30], [32], [46], [53], [56], [65]....
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify key dimensions of absorptive capacity and offer a reconceptualization of this construct, and distinguish between a firm's potential and realized capacity, and then advance a model outlining the conditions when the firm's realized capacities can differentially influence the creation and sustenance of its competitive advantage.
Abstract: Researchers have used the absorptive capacity construct to explain various organizational phenomena. In this article we review the literature to identify key dimensions of absorptive capacity and offer a reconceptualization of this construct. Building upon the dynamic capabilities view of the firm, we distinguish between a firm's potential and realized capacity. We then advance a model outlining the conditions when the firm's potential and realized capacities can differentially influence the creation and sustenance of its competitive advantage.
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...Questions 1–3 are related to the scope (frequency, breadth, and depth) of environmental scanning at the individual employee level [14], [30], [46], [56], [65], and questions 4–9 relate to sources (e....
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"Exploring an Extension to the Fores..." refers methods in this paper
...processes [28], [34], [41], [44], [47]–[49]....
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...We use five-stage sequential-explorative mixed-mode study [44], which has the inherent advantage of triangulating one re-...
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