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Enterprise Social Media and Innovation: The Mediating Effect of Competitor Orientation

  • Magadlene Mpandare*
  • , Guoxin Li
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Using the affordance theory, the study explores the influence of enterprise social media (ESM) utilisation on innovation with the mediating role of competitor orientation. Questionnaires were used to collect data from the service industry in Zimbabwe. Results from the structural equation modelling (SEM) data analysis revealed that there is a positive relationship between internal enterprise social media (IESM) use and innovation; however, there was a negative effect on the influence of external enterprise social media (EESM) utilisation and innovation. Results also showed that competitor orientation positively and significantly mediates the relationship between IESM utilisation and innovation. However, the mediation between external social media utilisation and innovation was not significant. Managerial and theoretical implications are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Trends in Decision Science and Management - Proceedings of ICDSM 2019
EditorsTao-Sheng Wang, Andrew W.H. Ip, Madjid Tavana, Vipul Jain
PublisherSpringer
Pages11-17
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9789811535871
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event2nd International Conference on Decision Science and Management, ICDSM 2019 - Changsha, China
Duration: 20 Sep 201921 Sep 2019

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume1142
ISSN (Print)2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)2194-5365

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Decision Science and Management, ICDSM 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChangsha
Period20/09/1921/09/19

Keywords

  • Competitor orientation
  • Enterprise social media
  • Innovation

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