Belkhouja, M, Fattoum, S and Yoon, H orcid.org/0000-0003-1423-9808 (2021) Does greater diversification increase individual productivity? The moderating effect of attention allocation. Research Policy, 50 (6). 104256. ISSN 0048-7333
Abstract
Despite the consensus on the “double‐edged sword” effect of diversification (of knowledge and collaborators) on individual performance, little is known about the contingencies that affect the relationship between diversification and individual productivity. Drawing on the attention-based view, we theorize the moderating role of attention allocation to advance our understanding of the curvilinear relationship between diversification (of knowledge and collaborators) and individual productivity. Relevant hypotheses are tested using a longitudinal sample of more than 25,000 individual scholars. Our analysis reveals that although a moderate level of knowledge diversification is optimal for research productivity when the level of cognitive attention is low, a high level of knowledge diversification is more beneficial for research productivity when the level of cognitive attention is high. Furthermore, we show that a moderate level of collaborator diversification, coupled with a high level of collaborative attention, is optimal for research productivity. Our study provides important implications for highly skilled and creative individuals.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of an article published in Research Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Attention; Cognition; Collaboration; Diversification; Research productivity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number British Academy SRG1920\100077 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2021 15:43 |
Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2022 00:21 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.respol.2021.104256 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:172543 |
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