Network centrality, organizational innovation, and performance: A meta-analysis

Based on samples from 40 studies encompassing 15,860 organizations, we use meta-analysis methods to examine the relationships between network centrality, organizational innovation, and performance, and to predict the influence of organization size, institutional environment, and industry on these relationships. Results show that network centrality positively influences both organizational innovation and performance. In addition, findings indicate that the impact of network centrality on organizational innovation is stronger for small organizations while that on organizational performance is stronger for large organizations. The influence of network centrality on overall organizational innovation/performance is stronger for organizations in developed institutional environments as well as in knowledge-intensive industries. Copyright (c) 2015 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Resume Cet article utilise les methodes de la meta-analyse pour examiner les relations entre la centralite du reseau, l'innovation organisationnelle et la performance et pour predire l'influence que la taille de l'entreprise, l'environnement institutionnel et l'industrie ont sur ces relations. Il s'appuie sur des echantillons provenant de 40 etudes comprenant 15 860 entreprises. Les resultats revelent que la centralite du reseau influence positivement l'innovation organisationnelle et la performance. Par ailleurs, l'impact de la centralite du reseau sur l'innovation organisationnelle est plus fort pour les petites entreprises tandis que l'impact sur la performance organisationnelle est plus fort pour les grandes entreprises. L'influence de la centralite du reseau sur l'innovation/la performance organisationnelle globale est plus forte pour les entreprises qui evoluent dans des environnements institutionnels developpes et dans les industries a fort coefficient de savoirs. Copyright (c) 2015 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.