Örgütlerde Emilim Kapasitesi ile İnovatif İş Davranışını Arttırma

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 16 - 33, 29.07.2019

Elif Baykal

Abstract

Her geçen gün daha da küreselleşen dünyanın yarattığı bilgiye dayalı ekonomiler, şirketler için yeni ihtiyaçlar yarattı. Aşırı rekabet, şirketleri bilgiye ulaşma ve yeni kullanım açısından daha zorlu ve iddialı hale getirmiştir. Bu noktada, kuruluşların yeni dış bilgileri tanıma, edinme ve kullanma kapasitesi anlamına gelen özümseme kapasitesi büyük önem kazanmıştır. Emici kapasiteleri yüksek olan şirketler dış bilgi kaynaklarına daha kolay erişebilir ve edindikleri bilgileri daha kolay özümseyebilir, daha verimli ve yenilikçi bir şekilde çalışabilirler. Bu çalışmada, çalışanların yenilikçi iş davranışlarının emilim kapasitesinden büyük ölçüde etkileneceği tahmin edilmiştir. Bu kapasitenin alt boyutlarının yenilikçi iş davranışına etkileri incelenmiştir. Bu araştırma modelini sınamak için İstanbul'da 190 beyaz yakalı çalışanla yüz yüze anketle saha araştırması yapılmıştır. Anket sonuçları SPSS 22.0 ile analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonuçları, emilim kapasitesinin tüm alt boyutlarının, yenilikçi iş davranışını olumlu yönde etkilediğini göstermiştir.

Keywords

Emilim Kapasitesi, İnovatif Kapasite, İnovatif İş Davranışı

Boosting Innovative Work Behavior in Organizations Through Absorptive Capacity

Abstract

The knowledge-based economies created by the ever globalizing world have created new needs for companies. Extreme competition has made companies more demanding and more ambitious in terms of reaching and new using information. At this point, absorptive capacity, which means the capacity of organizations to recognize, acquire and use new external information, has gained great importance. Companies with high absorptive capacities can access external information sources more easily, and they can more easily assimilate their acquired knowledge and work more effectively, efficiently and innovatively. In this study, it has been predicted that the innovative work behavior of the employees will be greatly affected by the absorptive capacity. And the effects of the sub-dimensions of this capacity on the innovative business behavior were examined. In order to test this research model, a field research is applied in Istanbul on 190 whitecollar workers with face-to-face surveys. Results of the survey have been analyzed by SPSS 22.0. Results of the study showed that all subdimensions of absorptive capacity positively effect innovative work behavior.

Keywords

Absorptive Capacity, Innovative Capacity, Innovative Work Behavior

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