Organizational Factors of Commitment to Innovation vs. Innovative Behavior in Smes in the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Industry
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Materials and Methods
- Do organizational determinants of commitment to innovation influence innovative behaviors undertaken and implemented in SMEs?
- What are the key predictors of organizational commitment to innovation in SMEs?
- Which predictors of organizational commitment to innovation have the most influence on innovative behaviors undertaken and implemented in SMEs?
- The research hypothesis was as follows: The organizational factors of commitment to innovation have a positive impact on the innovative behaviors of employees.
- Achievement of professional tasks has a positive impact on the innovative behaviors of SME employees.
- Relationships with superiors have a positive impact on the innovative behaviors of SME employees.
- Relationships with colleagues have a positive impact on the innovative behaviors of SME employees.
- Incentives have a positive impact on the innovative behaviors of SME employees.
- Professional development and advancement processes have a positive impact on the innovative behaviors of SME employees.
- The communication process has a positive impact on the innovative behaviors of SME employees.
4. Results and Discussion
- H0: Attributes (factors) are independent.
- H1: Attributes (factors) are dependent.
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Research Sample = 186 (100%) | ||
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Characteristics Describing Enterprises Covered by the Survey: | ||
Company size by number of employees | Micro-enterprise (0–9) | 22.6% |
Small enterprise (10–49) | 71.0% | |
Medium enterprise (50–249) | 6.5% | |
Year of establishment | …–1989 | 0.5% |
1990–2000 | 3.8% | |
2001–2010 | 22.0% | |
2011–2020 | 68.8% | |
2021–… | 4.8% | |
The RES area of the company | Solar energy (incl. photovoltaics) | 74.7% |
Wind energy | 11.3% | |
Water energy | 3.8% | |
Biomass energy | 4.3% | |
Geothermal energy | 5.9% | |
Profile of respondents participating in the survey: | ||
Sex of respondents | Female | 17.2% |
Male | 82.8% | |
Age of respondents | Up to 25 years old | 12.4% |
26–35 years old | 38.2% | |
36–45 years old | 27.4% | |
46–55 years old | 14.0% | |
46–55 years old | 8.1% | |
Education of respondents | Higher | 68.3% |
Secondary | 21.5% | |
Vocational | 10.2% | |
Job seniority | Up to 5 years | 24.2% |
5–10 years | 37.1% | |
11–20 years | 16.7% | |
21–30 years | 15.6% | |
Over 30 years | 6.5% |
Attribute | χ2e | χ2α | φ | rAiBj | Kendall’s Q |
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Achievement of professional tasks | 5.687 | 3.841 | 0.147 | 0.199 | 0.579 |
Relationships with superiors | 17.068 | 3.841 | 0.434 | 0.286 | 0.733 |
Relationships with colleagues | 8.268 | 3.841 | 0.264 | 0.147 | 0.570 |
Incentive practices | 4.535 | 3.841 | 0.199 | 0.434 | 0.900 |
Professional development and advancement process | 14.618 | 3.841 | 0.286 | 0.264 | 0.714 |
Communication processes | 3.916 | 3.841 | 0.137 | 0.137 | 0.500 |
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Dzieńdziora, J.; Smolarek, M.; Żebrak, D.; Gross-Gołacka, E. Organizational Factors of Commitment to Innovation vs. Innovative Behavior in Smes in the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Industry. Energies 2022, 15, 5674. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155674
Dzieńdziora J, Smolarek M, Żebrak D, Gross-Gołacka E. Organizational Factors of Commitment to Innovation vs. Innovative Behavior in Smes in the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Industry. Energies. 2022; 15(15):5674. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155674
Chicago/Turabian StyleDzieńdziora, Joanna, Małgorzata Smolarek, Dawid Żebrak, and Elwira Gross-Gołacka. 2022. "Organizational Factors of Commitment to Innovation vs. Innovative Behavior in Smes in the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Industry" Energies 15, no. 15: 5674. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155674