Effects of Organizational Context and Learning Orientation on Employee Creativity

조직창의성이 조직혁신을 이끄는 중요한 요소로 인식되면서 창의성 분야의 수많은 학자들이 조 직원의 창의성을 고무시키는 요인이 무엇인가에 연구의 초점을 맞추어왔다. 그러나 선행연구의 대 부분이 창의성을 진작시키는 요인으로써 개인의 성향 혹은 상황요소를 강조함으로써 한쪽 측면에 치우치는 경향을 보여 왔다. 그 결과 개인요소와 조직 환경적 상황요소의 상호작용이 창의성에 미 치는 영향은 다소 미홉하게 다루어져왔다. 본 연구에서는 창의성을 개인성향과 상황요소의 복합적 인 상호작용의 결과로 정의하고, 두 요소들 간의 상호작용과 창의성과의 인과관계를 통합적 관점 에서 분석하고자 한다. 본 연구는 조직 환경적 상황요소(상사의 지원, 혁신적 조직문화)가 조직원 들의 학습지향성을 고무시킴으로써 궁극적으로 조직원 개개인의 창의성을 진작시컬 것임을 제시하 는 바이다. 본 연구모델에 대한 실증분석을 위하여 한국의 한 제조업체에 종사하는 141명의 조직 원들을 대상으로 본 연구의 가설을 검증하였다. 실증분석 결과 조직의 혁신적 문화는 조직원의 학 습지향성을 향상시키고, 이는 다시 조직원의 창의성을 증진시키는 것으로 나타나 조직원의 학습지 향성이 조직 환경적 상황요소와 조직원의 창의성과의 관계에서 매개역할을 하는 것으로 규명되었 다 본 연구에서는 또한 조직원의 학습지향성과 창의성과의 관계가 조직원 개개인이 강한 내부통제성향을 지니고 있을 때 훨씬 강화되는 것으로 나타났다.As creativity is acknowledged as a predominant factor enhancing innovation of firms . scholars have explored various organizational and individual predictors of employee creativity. Most studies of creativity, however. have focused on either individual dispositions or contextual factors that foster creativity. In the present study, we conceptualized that organizational cont.extual factors (supervisory support and innovative climate) predict creativity of individuals by shaping their learning orientation. which is a more proximal predictor of creativity. In addition. we expected an interaction between two individual characteristics (learning orientation and locus of control) in predicting employee creativity. The results based on 141 employees of a Korean company showed that innovative climate predicted employees'learning orientation. which in turn increased their creativity. Employees' learning orientation completely mediated the effects of contextual factors on employees'creativity. Our data also revealed that the positive relationship between employees' learning orientation and creativity was stronger under high level of internal locus of control than when it was low

An examination of the mechanism-based view : A pattern analysis of Yuhan-Kimberly innovation efforts for sustainable growth

Mechanism is an emerging area of research for strategy scholars. Recently, researchers have begun to use the mechanism has been noted across various fields of strategic management(Eisenhardt & Martin, 2000; Makadok, 2001; Zahra &Nielsen, 2002; Zollo & Winter, 2002). Despite the frequent use of the mechanism construct, its empirical investigation remains largely ambiguous and inconsistent. Cho and Lee(1998) proposed ser-M parakigm that focuses on the interactions among subject(s), environment(e), and resources(r), and then integrates these three components into a dynamic mechanism. They suggested that afirm creates value when the mechanixm functions properly determine the path for its growth. A componential approach to the study of the mechanism based on ser-M paradigm has been developed to the exploration of the composition of ser, sequence, and timing of capability building from the process perspective. The existing studies on the mechanism, however, have been dominantly qualitative in their nature, thus limiting their generalizability. The present study offers one of initial empirical findings in the mechanism literature by developing an integrative conceptual framework and by quantitatively identifying the patterns of the innovation mechanism in order to demonstrate the operation of the mechanism-based view in a korean firm. The results of our pattern analysis involving 94 innovation cases showed the presence of 12 distinct patterns of different sequences through which the three components (ser) took place during the 94 innovation activities. Our quantitative analysis further revealed the presence of a small number of dominating ser sequences that explained innovation processes in the firm