The effects of physicians' personal characteristics on innovation readiness in Taiwan's hospitals

This paper examines innovation in the healthcare industry in Taiwan. Specifically, we looked at how two critical factors (physicians' creative traits and authoritarian personality) are related to innovation readiness within the medical care system in Taiwan. We argue that innovation readiness i...

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Published inInnovation (North Sydney) Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 158 - 169
Main Authors Chen, I-Heng, Yun-Ping Lee, Amber, Parboteeah, K Praveen, Lai, Chung-Sheng, Chung, Anyi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Maleny Routledge 01.04.2014
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
authoritarian personality
Authoritarianism
Characters and characteristics
Competition
Competitive advantage
creative traits
Health care
Health care industry
Hospitals
Hypotheses
Impact analysis
Innovation
innovation readiness
Innovations
Management
Medical care
Medical services
Nurses
Organizational change
Personality
Personality traits
Physicians
Precursors
Studies
Success
Technological change
Technological innovations
Taiwan
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Summary:This paper examines innovation in the healthcare industry in Taiwan. Specifically, we looked at how two critical factors (physicians' creative traits and authoritarian personality) are related to innovation readiness within the medical care system in Taiwan. We argue that innovation readiness is the cognitive precursor to the behaviors supporting innovation. Additionally, we also examine the moderating effects of hospital types (teaching versus non-teaching hospitals) on these relationships. Data from 417 physicians belonging to 26 hospitals is used to test our hypotheses. Results show that the degree of innovation readiness a physician perceives is associated with both creative traits and authoritarian personality. With regard to the organizational variable, the evidence shows that of the specific kind of hospital is far less important than the people who work there when it comes to innovation readiness.
Bibliography:Innovation: Management Policy and Practice, Vol. 16, No. 1, Mar 2014: 158-169
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ISSN:1447-9338
2204-0226
DOI:10.5172/impp.2014.16.1.158