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Influence of Organizational Factors on Business Performance in INNOBIZ SMEs: Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Absorption Capacity

기술혁신형 중소기업의 조직요인이 경영성과에 미치는 영향: 흡수역량의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • 성기욱 (한국기술교육대학교 일반대학원 산업경영학과) ;
  • 엄기용 (한국기술교육대학교 산업경영학부)
  • Received : 2022.03.23
  • Accepted : 2022.05.25
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

As the open innovation paradigm spreads, the ability to search for new external knowledge and combine it with the organization's existing knowledge has been cosidered to play an important role in improving business performance of a company. This study empirically analyzed the influence of such organizational variables as empowering leadership, organizational learning culture, and interdepartmental cooperation on business performance of innovative technology SMEs focusing on the mediating effects of absorption capacity. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on 15,227 INNOBIZ SMEs, and 326 usable questionnaires were collected and analyzed using the structural equation model. Statistical analyses showed that the direct influence of empowering leadership, organizational learning culture, and interdepartmental cooperation on business performance was not found, but indirect effects of three organizational variables on business performance proved significant using absorption capacity as a mediating variable. This result also indicates that empowering leadership, organizational learning culture, and interdepartmental cooperation are important antecedent variables of absorption capacity.

개방형 혁신이 확산되면서 외부의 새로운 지식을 탐색하고 이를 조직의 기존 지식과 결합하여 활용하는 흡수역량이 기업의 경영성과를 높이는 데 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 평가되고 있다. 본 연구는 기술혁신형 중소기업에서 흡수역량을 매개로 조직 요인인 임파워링 리더십, 조직학습 문화 그리고 부서간 협력이 경영성과에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 분석하였다. 이를 위해 이노비즈 협회 회원사 15,227개 기업을 대상으로 설문조사를 수행하였으며, 수집된 326건의 설문응답 내용을 구조방정식 모형을 이용하여 분석하였다. 설문 분석결과에 의하면 조직 요인인 임파워링 리더십, 조직학습 문화 및 부서간 협력은 경영성과에 직접적인 영향은 주지 않았지만, 흡수역량을 매개로 경영성과에 유의한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 임파워링 리더십, 조직학습 문화 및 부서간 협력이 흡수역량의 매개효과를 통해 경영성과에 간접적인 영향을 주고 있음을 의미하는 동시에, 기업의 조직 요인들이 흡수역량의 선행요인 중의 하나로 작용함을 입증해준다.

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이 논문은 2021년도 한국기술교육대학교 교수 교육연구진흥 과제 지원에 의하여 연구되었음

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