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Absorptive capacity and market orientation in public service provision
journal contribution
posted on 2014-06-05, 14:25 authored by Ian HodgkinsonIan Hodgkinson, Paul Hughes, Mathew HughesThe application of market orientation to public organisations does not adequately account for the unique features of this context. Drawing on absorptive capacity literature, this is the first study to examine the role of the organisation's learning environment on the market orientation-performance interface for two opposing public management contexts. The research involved a national survey questionnaire to 1060 internal and external public leisure service providers in England. Empirical testing through structural equation modelling revealed that not all dimensions of market orientation are universally positive and marketing scholars should seek to examine and understand market orientation in the context of the organisation and its learning mechanisms, as absorptive capacity has clear and different moderation effects under different management contexts. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Business
Published in
Journal of Strategic MarketingVolume
20Issue
3Pages
211 - 229Citation
HODGKINSON, I.R., HUGHES, P. and HUGHES, P., 2012. Absorptive capacity and market orientation in public service provision. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 20 (3), pp. 211 - 229.Publisher
© Taylor and FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2012Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Journal of Strategic Marketing on 05.04.2012, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0965254X.2011.643915ISSN
0965-254XeISSN
1466-4488Publisher version
Language
- en