How Individuals Create Dynamic Capabilities

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Abstract

Dynamic capabilities are important for organizational performance. However, we know little about individuals' actions in developing them. We set out to study: How and why do individuals create dynamic capabilities? Based on an in-depth study of 63 researchers in the biomedical field, we observed that after receiving a large grant some developed, while others did not, dynamic capabilities. This variation could be explained by their temporal structuring, which led us to categorize them into four groups: The synergizers, the disruptors, the subsumed, and the isolated. The synergizers and the disruptors used strategies for implementing and acquiring resources and therefore developed dynamic capabilities. The synergizers developed coupled dynamic capabilities and the disruptors developed decoupled dynamic capabilities. In contrast, the subsumed only used strategies for implementing resources and therefore only developed coupled ordinary capabilities. Lastly, the isolated neither used strategies for implementing nor for acquiring resources and thus only developed decoupled ordinary capabilities. This paper extends the dynamic capabilities literature by identifying the strategies which enable individuals to develop dynamic capabilities. Furthermore, the paper identifies how individual level strategies shape continuous change or lead to disruptions at the organizational level. Lastly, the paper integrates temporality theory into the literature on dynamic capabilities.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelProceedings of the Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
RedaktørerSonia Taneja
Antal sider1
UdgivelsesstedValhalla, NY
ForlagAcademy of Management
Publikationsdato2024
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2024
BegivenhedThe Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2024: Innovating for the Future: Policy, Purpose, and Organizations - Chicago, USA
Varighed: 9 aug. 202413 aug. 2024
Konferencens nummer: 84
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Konference

KonferenceThe Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2024
Nummer84
Land/OmrådeUSA
ByChicago
Periode09/08/202413/08/2024
Internetadresse
NavnAcademy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
ISSN0065-0668

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