Investigation of the role of individual creativity of employees in the relationship of learning organization and business performance
Keywords:
Learning organizations, individual creativity, business performance, mediating effect.
Abstract
This study aims to examine the role of individual creativity of employees in the relationship between the learning organization and business performance.
Quantitative patterned research methods were used in the study. A survey method was used to collect first-hand data. The research sample consists of a group of 301 employees operating in various sectors and working in different positions in the province of Istanbul, Turkey. The questionnaire consists of appropriate scales to measure learning organization characteristics, individual creativity and business performance. Data analysis was carried out using statistical methods and regression analysis via SPSS 2.0 statistical program.
Findings show that learning organization characteristics positively affect the individual creativity role of employees. In addition, it has been revealed that the individual creativity level of the employees has a positive relationship with the business performance. The mediating effect of the individual creativity variable in the relationship between the learning organization and the job performance has also been found.
These findings highlight that the learning organization is an effective strategy in increasing business performance and that the individual creativity of employees is a critical factor in this process.
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Ellinger, A. D., Ellinger, A. E., Yang, B., & Howton, S. W. (2003). Making the business case for the learning organization concept. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 5(2), 163-172.
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Garavan, T. (1997). The learning organization: a review and evaluation. The learning organization, 4(1), 18-29.
Ghouri, A. M., Mani, V., Khan, M. R., Khan, N. R., & Srivastava, A. P. (2020). Enhancing business performance through green human resource management practices: an empirical evidence from Malaysian manufacturing industry. International Journal of productivity and Performance management, 69(8), 1585-1607.
Gratton, M. (1993). Leadership in the learning organization. New Directions for Community Colleges, 1993(84), 93-103.
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Helmold, M., & Samara, W. (2019). Progress in performance management. Springer International Publishing.
Hirst, G., Van Knippenberg, D., & Zhou, J. (2009). A cross-level perspective on employee creativity: Goal orientation, team learning behavior, and individual creativity. Academy of management journal, 52(2), 280-293.
Hsu, D. H. (2007). Experienced entrepreneurial founders, organizational capital, and venture capital funding. Research policy, 36(5), 722-741.
Huang, P., & Yao, C. (2017). Effect of learning organization on organizational communication and organizational creativity in high-Tech Industry. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(12), 7723-7730.
Hussein, N., Mohamad, A., Noordin, F., & Ishak, N. A. (2014). Learning organization and its effect on organizational performance and organizational innovativeness: A proposed framework for Malaysian Public Institutions of Higher Education. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 130, 299-304.
Huysman, M. (2000). An organizational learning approach to the learning organization. European Journal of work and organizational psychology, 9(2), 133-145.
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Marr, B., & Schiuma, G. (2003). Business performance measurement–past, present and future. Management decision, 41(8), 680-687
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Newbold, P. (2013). Statistics for business and economics. Pearson.
Özer, Ö. (2011). Relationship between Corporate Entrepreneurship and Business Performance: Application in Four and Five Star Hotel Enterprises. (Doctoral Thesis). Dokuz Eylül University Social Sciences Institute, Izmir, Turkey.
Parjanen, S. (2012). Experiencing creativity in the organization: From individual creativity to collective creativity. Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge & Management, 7.
Pathiranage, J. (2019). Organizational culture and business performance: an empirical study. International Journal of Economics and Management, 24(2), 264-278.
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Raj, R., & Srivastava, K. B. (2016). Mediating role of organizational learning on the relationship between market orientation and innovativeness. The Learning Organization, 23(5), 370-384.
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Subiyakto, B., Widyanti, R., Basuki, & Syaharuddin. (2020). Revitalizing public university innovativeness through learning organization. Polish Journal of Management Studies, 21(1), 369-381.
Syam, H., Akib, H., Patonangi, A. A., & Guntur, M. (2018). Principal entrepreneurship competence based on creativity and innovation in the context of learning organizations in Indonesia. Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 21(3), 1-13.
Taggar, S. (2002). Individual creativity and group ability to utilize individual creative resources: A multilevel model. Academy of management Journal, 45(2), 315-330.
Tesluk, P. E., Farr, J. L., & Klein, S. R. (1997). Influences of organizational culture and climate on individual creativity. The journal of creative behavior, 31(1), 27-41.
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Weldy, T. G. (2009). Learning organization and transfer: strategies for improving performance. The learning organization, 16(1), 58-68.
Yazıcıoğlu, Y., & Erdoğan, S. (2004). SPSS applied scientific research methods. Ankara: Detay Publishing.
Yoon, S. W., & Park, J. G. (2023). Employee’s intention to share knowledge: the impacts of learning organization culture and learning goal orientation. International Journal of Manpower, 44(2), 231-246.
Yu, X., Li, D., Tsai, C. H., & Wang, C. (2019). The role of psychological capital in employee creativity. Career Development International, 24(5), 420-437.
Zhao, S., Jiang, Y., Peng, X., & Hong, J. (2021). Knowledge sharing direction and innovation performance in organizations: do absorptive capacity and individual creativity matter? European Journal of Innovation Management, 24(2), 371-394.
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2023-08-30
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Alay, H. K., & Şener, Z. (2023). Investigation of the role of individual creativity of employees in the relationship of learning organization and business performance. Amazonia Investiga, 12(68), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.68.08.4
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