YENİLİKÇİ KÜLTÜR VE KURUMSAL ÖĞRENMENİN TEKNOLOJİK YENİLİK VE FİRMA PERFORMANSI ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ

Yıl 2022, Sayı: 62, 1 - 24, 30.08.2022

Salih Zeki İmamoğlu , Serhat Erat , Eda Dilara Ayber

https://doi.org/10.18070/erciyesiibd.996566

Öz

Bu araştırmanın amacı yenilikçi kültür ve kurumsal öğrenmenin firma performansı üzerine etkisini ve bu etkide teknolojik yeniliğin aracılık rolünü araştırmaktır. Veri toplama aracı olarak anket yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Yenilikçi kültür ölçeği için Ogbonna ve Harris (2000)’in çalışmasından yararlanılmıştır ve ölçek 4 ifadeden oluşmaktadır. Kurumsal öğrenme ölçeği Jiménez-Jiménez ve Sanz-Valle (2011)’in çalışmasından uyarlanmıştır ve 13 ifadeden oluşmaktadır. Teknolojik yenilik ölçeği Lee ve diğerlerinin (2014) çalışmasından uyarlanmıştır ve 9 ifadeden oluşmaktadır. Firma performansı ölçeği ise Wang ve diğerlerinin (2014) çalışmasından uyarlanmıştır ve 11 ifadeden oluşmaktadır. Araştırma verileri, Gebze’de bulunan Organize Sanayi Bölgelerindeki imalat sanayinde faaliyet gösteren 119 firmadan toplanmıştır. Toplanan veriler AMOS paket programıyla analize tabi tutulmuştur. Analizler sonucunda yenilikçi kültür ve kurumsal öğrenmenin firma performansı üzerinde pozitif yönde anlamlı bir etkisinin olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca teknolojik yeniliğin, kurumsal öğrenme ve firma performansı arasındaki ilişkide tam ara değişken etkisi olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmış, fakat teknolojik yeniliğin, yenilikçi kültür ve firma performansı arasındaki ilişkide ara değişken etkisi bulunamamıştır. Bu bulgular firma performansını artırmada firma yöneticilerinin teknolojik yeniliklere önem vermelerini, kurumlarında yenilikçi bir kültür oluşturmalarını ve kurumsal öğrenmenin geliştirilmesi gerektiğini ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Yenilikçi Kültür, Kurumsal Öğrenme, Teknolojik Yenilik, Firma Performansı

THE EFFECT OF INNOVATIVE CULTURE AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING ON TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE

Öz

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of innovative culture and organizational learning on firm performance and the mediating role of technological innovation in these relationships. The questionnaire method was used as a data collection tool. For the innovative culture scale, the study of Ogbonna and Harris (2000) was used and the scale consists of 4 items. The organizational learning scale was adapted from the study of Jiménez-Jiménez and Sanz-Valle (2011) and consists of 13 items. Technological innovation scale was adapted from the study of Lee et al. (2014) and consists of 9 items. Firm performance scale was adapted from the study of Wang et al. (2014) and consists of 11 items. The research data were collected from 119 firms operating in the manufacturing industry in the Organized Industrial Zones in Gebze. The collected data were analyzed using AMOS. As a result of the analysis, it was found that innovative culture and organizational learning have a positive and significant effect on firm performance. In addition, it was found that technological innovation has a mediator effect on the relationship between organizational learning and firm performance, but no mediating effect of technological innovation was found on the relationship between innovative culture and firm performance. These findings reveal that firm managers should attach importance to technological innovations, create an innovative culture in their firms and improve organizational learning to increase firm performance.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Innovative Culture, Organizational Learning, Technological Innovation, Firm Performance

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