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Impacts of learning orientation on product innovation performance

Fethi Calisir (Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey)
Cigdem Altin Gumussoy (Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey)
Ezgi Guzelsoy (Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey)

The Learning Organization

ISSN: 0969-6474

Article publication date: 12 April 2013

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Abstract

Purpose

The present study aims to examine the effect of learning orientation (commitment to learning, shared vision, open‐mindedness) on the product innovation performance (product innovation efficacy and efficiency) of companies in Turkey.

Design/methodology/approach

A structural equation‐modeling approach was applied to identify the variables that significantly affected the product innovation performance. Using LISREL 8.54, the data collected from 150 companies were used to test the proposed research model.

Findings

Empirical testing of the research model revealed that open‐mindedness was the sole predictor of product innovation efficacy as well as efficiency. However, the effects of shared vision and commitment to learning on the product innovation performance were found to be insignificant.

Practical implications

Relevant implications are provided for management as to how to improve product innovation performance.

Originality/value

The present study puts forward a theoretical model that identifies and explains the relation between the learning orientation and product innovation performance of companies operating in Turkey.

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Citation

Calisir, F., Altin Gumussoy, C. and Guzelsoy, E. (2013), "Impacts of learning orientation on product innovation performance", The Learning Organization, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 176-194. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696471311328442

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2013, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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