148829 20250123145735.0 doi 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.07.014 sideral 119888 ART-2020-119888 eng Martínez-Sánchez, A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6602-8901 The relationship between R&D, the absorptive capacity of knowledge, human resource flexibility and innovation: Mediator effects on industrial firms 2020 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This paper analyzes data from 1666 Spanish industrial firms to test how some human resource (HR) flexibility dimensions mediate the relationship between research and development (R&D) efforts and the absorptive capacity of knowledge (AC). The results show that external R&D experts and core employee training partially mediate the relationship between R&D effort and AC, whereas temporary employment does not mediate that relationship. These findings seem to suggest that HR flexibility dimensions that are more knowledge-intensive are more influential on the development of absorptive capabilities. Another finding is that the mediator effects of HR and AC are positively related to innovation performance, suggesting that firms may combine them more effectively with R&D efforts to enhance innovation. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ECO2014-56912-R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 7.55 2020 BUSINESS 28 / 153 = 0.183 2020 Q1 T1 2.048 2020 Marketing 2020 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Vicente-Oliva, S. (orcid)0000-0002-9958-9972 Pérez-Pérez, M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-3772-8591 4012 650 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas Área Organización de Empresas 118 (2020), 431-440 J. bus. res. Journal of Business Research 0148-2963 322136 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/148829/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 979719 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/148829/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:148829 articulos driver 2025-01-23-14:55:15 ARTICLE