Relationship between Market Orientation and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Capabilities in Family Business

Volume: 18 Number: 1 January 1, 2017
  • Ebru Erdoğan Çelik
  • Cemal Zehir
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Relationship between Market Orientation and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Capabilities in Family Business

Abstract

This paper aimed to understand how market orientation affects family business performance that can build organizational capabilities in changing and emerging market. This research is based on a survey of 840 participants from family businesses in Turkey. The findings revealed that market orientation positively contributed to organizational capabilities. Another purpose of the study is the mediating effects of organizational capabilities on the association between market orientation and firm performance. So, findings showed that entrepreneurial capability is significantly mediated. As a result, all hypotheses revealed in the research are supported.

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Ebru Erdoğan Çelik This is me

Cemal Zehir This is me

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January 1, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 18 Number: 1

APA
Çelik, E. E., & Zehir, C. (2017). Relationship between Market Orientation and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Capabilities in Family Business. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, 18(1), 147-163. https://izlik.org/JA43KJ64MK
AMA
1.Çelik EE, Zehir C. Relationship between Market Orientation and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Capabilities in Family Business. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi. 2017;18(1):147-163. https://izlik.org/JA43KJ64MK
Chicago
Çelik, Ebru Erdoğan, and Cemal Zehir. 2017. “Relationship Between Market Orientation and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Capabilities in Family Business”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 18 (1): 147-63. https://izlik.org/JA43KJ64MK.
EndNote
Çelik EE, Zehir C (January 1, 2017) Relationship between Market Orientation and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Capabilities in Family Business. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 18 1 147–163.
IEEE
[1]E. E. Çelik and C. Zehir, “Relationship between Market Orientation and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Capabilities in Family Business”, Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 147–163, Jan. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA43KJ64MK
ISNAD
Çelik, Ebru Erdoğan - Zehir, Cemal. “Relationship Between Market Orientation and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Capabilities in Family Business”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 18/1 (January 1, 2017): 147-163. https://izlik.org/JA43KJ64MK.
JAMA
1.Çelik EE, Zehir C. Relationship between Market Orientation and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Capabilities in Family Business. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi. 2017;18:147–163.
MLA
Çelik, Ebru Erdoğan, and Cemal Zehir. “Relationship Between Market Orientation and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Capabilities in Family Business”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, vol. 18, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 147-63, https://izlik.org/JA43KJ64MK.
Vancouver
1.Ebru Erdoğan Çelik, Cemal Zehir. Relationship between Market Orientation and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Capabilities in Family Business. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi [Internet]. 2017 Jan. 1;18(1):147-63. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA43KJ64MK