Managing Innovations:  A Study of the Implementation of Electronic Medical Records in Dutch Hospitals

Ferry Koster; M.S. (Mattijs) Lambooij

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Managing Innovations: A Study of the Implementation of Electronic Medical Records in Dutch Hospitals

Ferry Koster^*, M.S. (Mattijs) Lambooij

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Innovation projects are prone to “escalation of commitment” (the tendency to continue projects even if it is clear that they will be unsuccessful). In this study, we introduce a construct measuring the escalation prevention potential (EPP) of innovation projects as perceived by individuals in the organization. EPP consists of three components: (i) goals, (ii) process, and (iii) ability, to shield projects from escalation to commitment. A survey was conducted among 1062 clinicians working in hospitals implementing Electronic Medical Records. The empirical results show that the three theoretical components of EPP sum up to a single measure. Four organizational characteristics of organizations (organizational routines, authentic leadership, employee involvement and support staff quality) explain a large share of the variation in EPP.

Original language	English
Article number	1850006
Journal	International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219877018500062
Publication status	Published - 2018

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