Title :
Innovation culture, transformational capability and transformational performance: An empirical study of SMEs in China
Author :
Zhang Wei ; Xiang Guopeng ; Ma Xiangyuan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Hangzhou Dianzi Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
Organizational innovation culture is the consistent perception which employees hold about innovation value, innovation institutional system, innovation criterion of conduct and innovation environment measured by their perceptions. Organizational culture is closely related to organizational performance. The study tries to verify the relationship between innovation culture, transformational capabilities and transformational performance via multilevel organizational behavioral questionnaires. It points out that innovation culture have remarkably positive effect on transformational performance. The study farther indicates that transformational capabilities evidently mediate the impact of innovation culture on transformational performance.
Keywords :
innovation management; organisational aspects; small-to-medium enterprises; China; SME; innovation criterion; innovation environment; innovation institutional system; innovation value; multilevel organizational behavioral questionnaires; organizational innovation culture; organizational performance; small-and-medium sized enterprise; transformational capability; transformational performance; Innovation culture; transformational capabilities; transformational performance;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Technology (ISMOT), 2012 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
DOI :
10.1109/ISMOT.2012.6679427