Open AccessThe Relations Between Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Learning and Organizational Performance of Small Enterprises
Author(s) -
Vanessa Nunes De Souza Alencar Vasconcelos,
Amélia Silveira,
Flávio Santino Bizarrias
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of professional business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-3654
DOI - 10.26668/businessreview/2016.v1i2.19
Subject(s) - organizational learning , organizational performance , organizational commitment , mediation , structural equation modeling , organizational engineering , entrepreneurial orientation , organizational behavior and human resources , organization development , knowledge management , psychology , business , confirmatory factor analysis , organizational effectiveness , social psychology , entrepreneurship , computer science , sociology , social science , finance , machine learning
The study analyses the Organizational Performance antecedents, mainly the mediating role of the Entrepreneurial Orientation in the relationship between the Organizational Learning and the Organizational Performance in small Brazilian enterprises. A confirmatory factorial analysis was performed, through a structural equation modeling (SEM), to test the association between constructs. The results confirmed the hypothesis. The Entrepreneurial Orientation mediation role for the relationship between the Organizational Learning and the Organizational Performance. It was noted, however, that the organizational learning still needs to be better structured regarding formal procedures in those small enterprises researched.