Mindset-Yourself: An exploratory analysis on Mindset and Organizational Absorptive Capacity
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Growth Mindset, Fixed Mindset, Absorptive CapacityAbstract
Goal: The Growth Mindset is an attitude geared towards continuous development and learning, while the Fixed Mindset is associated with maintaining the status quo and a particular aversion to change. It is believed that an organization with individuals possessing a Growth Mindset will positively influence its Organizational Absorptive Capacity, acquiring, absorbing, and utilizing knowledge for the organization's benefit. In contrast, an organization endowed with individuals with a Fixed Mindset will negatively impact Organizational Absorptive Capacity. Thus, this article aims to analyze the relationship between the Growth Mindset, the Fixed Mindset, and Organizational Absorptive Capacity.
Methodology/Approach: To this end, 230 individuals within organizations were surveyed, and the data were analyzed through structural equation modelling.
Originality/Relevance: Despite its application in strategyship between Mindset and Organizational Absorptive Capacity has yet to be tested.
Main findings: The results confirmed the study's hypotheses, indicating that individual Growth Mindset positively influences Organizational Absorptive Capacity, while Fixed Mindset negatively influences it.
Theoretical Contributions: The study contributes to the Mindset theory applied in management and to the literature on absorptive capacity by adding Mindset as one of the predecessors of Organizational Absorptive Capacity.
Management Contribution: Since Mindset is a construct that can be developed through training, managers can invest in its development within their teams, especially in organizational cultures focused on innovation and learning.
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