Open AccessThe role of organisational climate factors in facilitating workplace innovation
Author(s) -
Kathryn von Treuer,
Adela McMurray
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of entrepreneurship and innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1741-5098
pISSN - 1368-275X
DOI - 10.1504/ijeim.2012.048078
Subject(s) - cohesion (chemistry) , autonomy , business , organisation climate , variance (accounting) , organisational change , knowledge management , industrial organization , management , economics , political science , accounting , computer science , chemistry , organic chemistry , law
A firm’s ability to be adaptable, entrepreneurial and innovative may assist them to maintain, or achieve competitive advantage. We investigated the relationship between organisational climate and innovation in a consulting firm. Analyses of the 98 returned surveys showed significant relationships between organisational climate subscales of autonomy, worker cohesion and innovation with workplace innovation. Co-worker cohesion and pressure (negatively) predicted organisational innovation. Autonomy, innovation, cohesion and recognition predicted innovation climate. Autonomy and innovation predicted individual innovation while cohesion predicted team innovation. The results of the linear regressions revealed that organisational innovation, was the most significant model emerging, accounting for 40% of the variance. The study concluded that organisational strategies encouraging autonomy and co-worker cohesion were conducive to workplace innovation
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