مطالعات مدیریت راهبردی (Sep 2020)
The Impact of Learning Orientation on Strategic Innovation Given the Role of Innovative Organizational Climate
Abstract
Changes and uncertainty in the business environment are transforming their competitive environment and organizations need to focus on innovation to succeed. The main purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of learning orientation on strategic innovation. It also examines what role innovative organizational climate plays in strengthening or weakening this relationship. The research approach is deductive and its strategy is correlation research. The statistical population of the present study is Iranian knowledge-based companies participating in the 8th International Exhibition of Innovation and Technology in 2019. Accordingly, after reviewing the literature and designing the conceptual model, a questionnaire consisting of 23 questions was presented to a statistical sample of 140 companies. At least 2 senior executives from each company answered the questions, and their mean scores were analyzed. Face and content validity of the questionnaire was verified according to experts, using standard questionnaires and relying on confirmatory factor analysis. As well as, reliability was approved by the Cronbach's alpha test, composite reliability. Then, the data were analyzed and tested using Smart PLS software through the correlation matrix, the structural equation model and the fitness analysis. Finally, learning orientation was found to influence strategic innovation. Organizational innovation also plays a moderating role in the relationship between learning orientation and strategic innovation.
