Organizational Innovation in Medium and Large Sized Businesses in Thailand’s Food Manufacturing Industry
Keywords:
Transformational Leadership, Organizational Learning, Organizational Innovation, Food ManufacturingAbstract
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.