Defining and Dimensionalizing Organizational Innovativeness

Few research agendas have successfully addressed tourism firm-level innovativeness, and the few studies that do exist typically provide only descriptive data or often remain at a conceptual level (Siguaw et al., 2006). Subsequently, an extensive knowledge gap concerning what constitutes firm-level innovativeness exists. Academics are confusing innovativeness with innovation and innovation orientation; producing many conflicting and inconsistent research results. Drawing from prior relevant research conducted over the past 38 years in the innovation, organizational, strategy, marketing, consumer, tourism, and psychology literatures; this paper conceptualizes firm-level innovativeness, delineating it as a multidimensional construct. This paper allows future research to operationalize innovativeness.