Open AccessHow Collaborative Culture Supports for Competitive Advantage: The Mediating Role of Organizational Learning
Author(s) -
Hui Lei,
Phong Ba Le,
Hanh Thi Hong Nguyen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of business administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-4015
pISSN - 1923-4007
DOI - 10.5430/ijba.v8n2p73
Subject(s) - competitive advantage , organizational learning , knowledge management , organizational culture , business , perspective (graphical) , organizational performance , computer science , marketing , management , economics , artificial intelligence
The paper aims to clarify the influences of collaborative culture and specific aspects of organizational learning on competitive advantage. Structural equations modeling (SEM) is applied to test degree of influence of each variable has on each other through using data collected from 298 participants at 150 large manufacturing and service firms. The result shows that organizational learning act as mediating roles in the relationship between collaborative culture and competitive advantage. Our results indicate that collaborative culture practices will yield significant effects to competitive advantage directly or indirectly through improving specifics aspects of organizational learning. The findings of this study provide a theoretical basis, which can be used to analyze relationships between collaborative culture, specifics aspects of organizational learning and competitive advantage. From a practical perspective, the study brings more deeply understanding for CEOs/managers about the necessary factors to encourage and promote firm’s competitive advantage.