... they suppose it only takes the firm itself and regular methods to accomplish lots of tasks. When unabsorbed slack level is extremely low, exploratory innovation would not be viable. Exploratory innovation is a “luxuriant” for most of the firms. SMEs usually encounter tight resource constraint. When...

.... Hypotheses were tested using hierarchical regressions. Findings The results show that both exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation are positively related to employee creativity. Furthermore, collectivism negatively moderates the effects of both types of innovation on employee creativity...