Organizational Innovation in Medium and Large Sized Businesses in Thailand’s Food Manufacturing Industry

Abstract

This research investigates the effect of transformational leadership and organizational learning on organizational innovation occurring in medium and large-sized businesses in Thailand’s food manufacturing industry. In total 200 businesses constituted the sample. PROCESS Macro Model 4 technique as devised by Hayes was utilized to verify the hypotheses. It was found that organizational learning plays a crucial role in fully mediating the effects of transformational leadership on organizational innovation. On this basis, a transformational leadership style of management is important for the firms in the food manufacturing industry to be innovative. These firms’ owners/managers must concentrate on organizational learning for innovation to lead to viable outcomes in the food industry.