Organizational Culture and Technological Innovation of SMEs in Daegu: The Moderating Effect of Job Stability and Environmental Uncertainty

대구지역 중소기업의 조직문화와 기술혁신: 고용안정성과 환경불확실성의 조절효과

  • Im, Chae-Hyon (School of Business Administration, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Shin, Jin-Kyo (Department of Business Administration, Keimyung University) ;
  • Hwang, Su-Jung (Department of Business Administration, Graduate School of Keimyung University)
  • Received : 2012.02.14
  • Accepted : 2012.03.19
  • Published : 2012.03.31

Abstract

This paper investigates how small-medium firms deploy organizational culture, job stability and environmental uncertainty for technological innovation(product and process innovation). This paper suggests that organizational culture has significant effects on technological innovation, that job stability and environmental uncertainty moderate relationship between organizational culture and technological innovation. To test the hypotheses, data were collected from small-medium firms. The survey data of 258 firms were collected and integrated as the empirical base for testing the hypotheses. Major results are as follows: Firstly, when organizational culture as well as control variables are considered, organizational culture had significant and positive effects on product innovation. This result implies that organizational culture is an important means by which small-medium firms can promote innovation. Secondly, the interaction between organizational culture and job stability had a positive and significant effects on product innovation. Thirdly, the interaction between organizational culture and environmental uncertainty had a positive and significant effects on product innovation and process innovation. This paper suggests implications and several future researches need to overcome the limitations of this paper.

본 연구에서는 기술혁신 관련 기존 연구에서 실증연구가 부족한 조직문화와 중소기업의 기술혁신 과정에서 고려되어야 할 고용안정성과 환경불확실성을 도입하여 실증분석하였다. 구체적으로 조직문화와 기술혁신(제품혁신, 공정혁신) 간 관계, 그리고 이들 간 관계에 대한 고용안정성과 환경불확실성의 조절효과를 분석하였다. 258개 대구지역 중소기업을 대상으로 분석한 결과, 조직문화는 제품혁신에는 긍정적으로 유의한 영향을 미쳤으나, 공정혁신에는 유의한 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 고용안정성의 긍정적인 조절역할은 조직문화와 제품혁신 간에만 존재하였으나, 환경불확실성은 조직문화와 제품혁신, 조직문화와 공정혁신 간 모두를 긍정적으로 조절하였다. 본 연구에서는 실증분석 결과가 가지는 이론적 및 실무적 시사점, 한계점 및 향후 연구방향 등도 함께 논의하고 있다.

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