01767nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260000800042653003500050653001500085653000800100653001500108653000800123653003300131653003400164653004100198100001700239700001900256700001600275245009800291300001100389490000700400520109200407022001401499       2020                            d  cdec10aWorkplace information literacy10ainnovation10aSME10aLeadership10aCEO10aExploration and exploitation10aStructural equation modelling10aWorkplace information literacy scale1 aFarhan Ahmad1 aGunilla Widén1 aIsto Huvila00aThe impact of workplace information literacy on organizational innovation: An empirical study  a1020410 v513 aThe present study investigates the relationship between CEO s information literacy and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Even if information literacy s business value has been recognized in recent literature, its impact on organizational innovation, a critical and strongly information intensive process, has never been studied before. Structural equation modeling based analysis of data collected from 184 company CEOs in Finland revealed that CEOs  information literacy has a positive impact on the development of exploratory and exploitative innovations in SMEs. Additionally, opportunity recognition mediates the relationship between information literacy and innovation. Overall, the influence of information literacy is slightly stronger on exploitation than exploration. Nevertheless, the mutual positive effect suggests that information literacy enhances innovation ambidexterity in organizations. Based on these findings, we discuss theoretical and practical implications as well as future research opportunities in workplace information literacy research.  a0268-4012