Modeling the Effect of Organizational Environment and its Triple Dimensions on Organizational Innovation with the Role of Interagency Collaboration (Case Study: Sahar Hamadan Food Industries and Related Companies) Abstract
Subject Areas : Methods and technics of creativity and innovation, creativity and innovation engineering.
Morteza Moradi
1
,
Rabeah Zandipak
2
,
Shima Mirsafdari
3
1 - Associate professor and faculty member at Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 - MBA Management at Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
3 - MBA Management student at Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: organizational innovation, Environmental Turbulence, Market heterogeneity, Competitive intensity, Interorganizational Collaboration,
Abstract :
Background: Today, organizations utilize collaborative strategies such as inter-organizational collaboration to gain innovation, competitive advantage and address external factors in the organization environment. Objective: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the role of inter-organizational collaboration in the relationship between organizational environment and organizational innovation. Methodology: The study is purposeful, applied, in terms of nature and method, is a descriptive-correlational survey. To test the hypotheses, a questionnaire consisting of 19 questions adjusted to the 5-point Likert scale was used. The statistical population of the study includes the staff of Sahar Hamadan food industry and its affiliated companies (Niousheh, Alvand Yaran Sahar and Shokoufeh Alvand) 210 persons. Sample size of 134 persons, based on Krejcie and Morgan table by relative stratified sampling, was calculated using Spss software, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate construct validity using Lisrel software. The path analysis model was used to analyze the data and the Sobel test was used to analyze the mediator variable. Findings and Conclusion: The results showed that the organizational environment can have a positive and significant effect on inter-organizational cooperation and indirectly (through inter-organizational collaboration); inter-organizational cooperation has a positive and significant effect. Focuses on organizational innovation. To investigate the role of mediator variable, the Sabell test method was used, the results indicate that inter-organizational cooperation plays the role of mediator variable in relation between two other variables.
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