Research Article

A Research on the Effect of Organizational Learning and Critical Thinking on Intrapreneurship

Volume: 5 Number: 4 December 30, 2023
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A Research on the Effect of Organizational Learning and Critical Thinking on Intrapreneurship

Abstract

In order for businesses to survive in a competitive environment and adapt to changing environmental conditions, the learning element is inevitable in order to constantly produce innovative and creative ideas. While trying to respond to this change through learning, thanks to the critical thinking of the employees, work processes that prevent change is determined. Organizational learning leads businesses to understand themselves and their environment by improving the critical thinking abilities of the employees and ensures success in the competitive environment by revealing the intrapreneurial abilities of the employees. The aim of this study is to determine whether organizational learning activity and critical thinking skills have an impact on the intrapreneurship tendencies of employees. Within the scope of the study, a questionnaire was applied to the employees working in the textile and automotive sectors operating in the Marmara Region. The obtained data were analyzed with the help of the SPSS statistical program and the LISREL structural equation program. According to the results of the structural equation model, it has been determined that organizational learning and critical thinking have a significant and positive effect on intrapreneurship. Accordingly, the increase in organizational learning and critical thinking levels leads to a positive increase in the intrapreneurship levels of the employees.

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Ethical Statement

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This study was produced from the doctoral thesis prepared by Hakan GÖKGÖZ in 2020 at Trakya University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Business Administration, under the consultancy of Prof.Dr. Agah Sinan ÜNSAR.

Thanks

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This study was produced from the doctoral thesis prepared by Hakan GÖKGÖZ in 2020 at Trakya University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Business Administration, under the consultancy of Prof.Dr. Agah Sinan ÜNSAR.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Business Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2023

Submission Date

September 1, 2023

Acceptance Date

December 23, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 5 Number: 4

APA
Gökgöz, H., & Ünsar, A. S. (2023). A Research on the Effect of Organizational Learning and Critical Thinking on Intrapreneurship. International Journal of Business and Economic Studies, 5(4), 272-285. https://doi.org/10.54821/uiecd.1354079

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