Organizational structure and innovation performance: Is employee innovative behavior a missing link?
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of innovative behavior on the relationships between organizational structure, such as centralization, formalization, integration, and organizational innovation performance.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors collected data from 140 functional managers of manufacturing organizations in the Republic of Korea. The authors used structural equation modeling procedure to evaluate the validity of proposed hypotheses.
Findings
The results suggest that innovative behavior mediates the links among centralization, formalization, and organizational innovation performance. However, the findings indicate that innovative behavior does not mediate the relationship between integration and organizational innovation performance.
Originality/value
This work is the first to examine the mediating role of innovative behavior on the associations among centralization, integration, and organizational innovation performance.
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Business for University Entrepreneurship Center, funded by the Korea Small and Medium Business Administration in 2016.
Citation
Dedahanov, A.T., Rhee, C. and Yoon, J. (2017), "Organizational structure and innovation performance: Is employee innovative behavior a missing link?", Career Development International, Vol. 22 No. 4, pp. 334-350. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-12-2016-0234
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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