scholarly journals An empirical investigation of workplace factors affecting lean performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilias Vlachos ◽  
Evangelia Siachou
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Workplace Factors ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify workplace factors with an impact on lean performance (LP). This can lead to better LP outcomes, thus facilitating organizations to smoothly move from the conventional to lean management. Design/methodology/approach The direct effects of training, knowledge acquisition and organizational culture are empirically investigated using data from 126 managers employed at a global company, which recently has improved its LP. Study’s hypotheses were analyzed with hierarchical regression models. Findings The findings suggest that not all of the aforementioned workplace factors holistically affect LP. Only organizational culture is associated to the four LP variables (i.e. continuous improvement, waste, ergonomy and product quality). Training and knowledge acquisition offer partially effects on LP with training to contribute mostly to predicting continuous improvements. Knowledge acquisition alone, has significant yet negative impact on both continuous improvement and ergonomy. Even more, when training is combined with knowledge acquisition the results are different. Originality/value As this study highlights the impact of workplace practices on LP, attributes mainly importance to the distinct effects that each of the aforementioned factors has on the four distinct LP variables. Although the study results reflect a particular case, its recommendations could facilitate practitioners to achieve better lean outcomes.

How types of organizational culture and technological capabilities contribute to organizational learning

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taghreed Al Dari ◽  
Fauzia Jabeen ◽  
Matloub Hussain ◽  
Dana Al Khawaja
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Technological Capabilities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This study aims to develop a theoretical framework of the impact of clan and hierarchy cultures and knowledge technological capabilities on organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey was used to collect data from 693 employees working in knowledge management centers in various law and enforcement units in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Structural equation modeling was used to test the relationships between the variables. Findings The findings show that the clan culture had a significant negative effect on organizational learning. However, hierarchy culture and knowledge technological capabilities had a significant positive impact in predicting organizational learning behavior. Research limitations/implications The study focuses on a specific type of public organization only, which somewhat limits the generalizability of the research results. Second, as the study was cross-sectional, the causal relationships could not be inferred directly. The study results will help policymakers create a learning organization by examining the impact of organizational culture and knowledge of technological capabilities. Originality/value This paper has added knowledge about the relationship between culture types, knowledge technological capabilities and organizational learning, particularly in the UAE. This study helps to bridge the gap in research on culture and knowledge technological capabilities and organizational learning.

In today's global environment organizational culture dominates national culture!

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 651-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Braden R. Kattman
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Organizational Impact ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Power Company ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Business And Management

Purpose – The specific problem this research addresses is whether cultural differences, national or organizational, impact how effectively the continuous improvement process is received within the supply chain in order to improve supplier performance. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The research design used a mixed methods approach, combining quantitative and qualitative research. Findings – The research found that Canada was most receptive to continuous improvement, with China being the least receptive. The study found that organizational culture was more influential than national culture. Isomorphism and benchmarking is driving continuous-improvement language and methods to be more universally known within business. Business and management practices appear to take precedence in driving change within organizations. Research limitations/implications – The sample size and countries involved was very small and limited to key medium sized distributed power company (MSDPC) suppliers. This limited diversity and may have introduced supplier selection bias, as well as survey response bias. Practical implications – This research concludes that organizational culture is more dominant over national culture and the influence of leadership within the organization drives the impact of continuous improvement. Originality/value – With isomorphism and the fact that businesses want to be successful, continuous improvement language and methods are becoming more universally known. Business and management practices are now taking precedence in driving change within organizations. Organizational culture is now more influential than national culture.

scholarly journals The Impact of Knowledge Documentation Process as an Intermediary Variable among Knowledge Acquisition Process, Organizational Culture and Human Capital

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farah Hanna Saleem Zawaideh ◽  
Mohammad Issa Al-Zoubi ◽  
Shadi Habis Abualoush ◽  
Raed Kareem Kanaan ◽  
Ra’ed Masa’deh
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Acquisition Process ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact knowledge acquisition process, knowledge documentation process, on human capital, and impact organizational culture on documentation process, Accordingly, a questionnaire-based survey was designed to test the aforementioned model based on dataset of 302 employees’ from the National Agriculture Research Center (NARC) in Jordan, questionnaires which include 29 items were used to gather information from the respondents. Multiple regression and simple regression analyses were conducted to test the research hypotheses. This study identified knowledge acquisition and knowledge documentation are the most important factors affecting the accumulation of human capital. The results indicated that knowledge acquisition process and knowledge documentation process positively and significantly affect human capital. However, organizational culture did not prove to be positively related to knowledge documentation process. Moreover, knowledge documentation process positively and significantly mediated the relationship between knowledge acquisition process and human capital. The results have enormous implication for the government sector in Jordan.

scholarly journals Exploring the impact of geographical traits on the occurrence of supply chain failures

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian F. Durach ◽  
Frank Wiengarten
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
National Level ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Culture Dimensions ◽  
National Environment ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This research aims to explore the impact of geographical traits on the occurrence of on-time or the risk of late deliveries – one vital category of supply chain failures. Specifically, the regulatory environment framework and national and organizational culture are explored as potential contingency factors affecting these supply chain failures. Furthermore, the authors assess whether or not potential negative cultural characteristics at the national level can be addressed through specific organizational culture at the organizational level of practice. Design/methodology/approach This study combines primary survey data from 647 plants in 12 countries collected through the Global Manufacturing Research Group with secondary national data from the World Economic Forum and Hofstede’s national culture dimensions to test the six hypotheses. Findings Results indicate that firms situated in a regulatory national environment that is conducive to trade experience fewer late deliveries; a national infrastructure that has continuously been neglected leads to more late deliveries. Firms situated in countries with low levels of national uncertainty avoidance experience fewer late deliveries. Supplier communication should be practiced at an organizational level to excel in these countries. Originality/value This paper adds to the ongoing discusses about the importance of contingency factors at the country level (i.e. institutional and cultural factors), which need to be considered when setting up global supply chains. It also contributes important empirical insights to the convergence/divergence discussion.

International acquisitions by Polish MNEs. Value creation or destruction?

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Witold Nowiński
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Event Study ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Share Price ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the performance implications of cross-border acquisitions by Polish multinationals. Additionally, the study considers specific factors affecting acquisition performance, such as acquirer’s prior cross-border acquisition experience and the type of market (advanced versus emerging) in which the target is located. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a sample of 104 cross-border acquisition events in which a Polish public company, quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange acted as an acquiring party. The event study method was applied to determine the impact of acquisition announcements on the share price of the acquiring companies for 3-, 4- and 5-day event windows. The proposed hypotheses were additionally verified through hierarchical regression. Findings The research shows that a typical cross-border acquisition carried out by a Polish multinational ends in creating value. While the impact of prior cross-border acquisition experience is only significant for the shortest event window, the choice of targets from emerging markets significantly improves acquisition outcomes for all of the event windows examined. Originality/value The study is the first project on such a scale to focus on cross-border acquisitions by multinationals from Central and Eastern Europe to have used event study methodology. It has shown that acquirers from mid-range emerging markets, such as Poland, tend to benefit more from leveraging their ability to function in underdeveloped and dynamic institutional settings if they acquire companies operating in other emerging markets rather than those based in more developed economies.

Examining the impact of organizational culture on trust and career satisfaction in the UAE public sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 1036-1053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fauzia Jabeen ◽  
Adrienne A. Isakovic
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of organizational culture on trust in top management and career satisfaction. The concept of culture was split into four types: “clan,” “adhocracy,” “hierarchy” and “market.” Design/methodology/approach A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 128 mid-level managers in ten public sector organizations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The questionnaire included demographic questions and three established scales to measure culture type, trust in top management and career satisfaction. Correlation and regression analysis were used to examine relationships between variables. Findings Respondents from “clan” and “adhocracy”-type organizations tended to have more trust in top managers than those from other culture types. Respondents from “clan”-type organizations also had greater career satisfaction. Only a clan-type organizational culture significantly predicted career satisfaction. Research limitations/implications The study is based on a small number of mid-level managers working in ten public sector organizations. This limits the generalizability of the results. Future studies should examine both public and private sector organizations operating in various industries across the UAE, to increase the generalizability of the findings. The study results will assist organizational policy makers who wish to transform their organizational culture to one that will increase the career satisfaction of managerial staff and their trust in senior managers. Originality/value The study contributes to the literature on organizational culture, particularly on the relationship between trust and career satisfaction in the public sector in the UAE.

scholarly journals A New Model for Competitive Knowledge Diffusion in Organization Based on the Statistical Thermodynamics

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ju-Yong Jong ◽  
Wei-Wei Wu ◽  
Sung-Ryol So
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Kinetic Method ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
Statistical Thermodynamics ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
New Model ◽  
Diffusion Of Knowledge ◽  
The Impact

In this study, we have constructed a new model for competitive knowledge diffusion in organization based on the statistical thermodynamics of physics. In order to achieve the purpose of research, we newly define the absorptive capacity coefficient, the creativity ability coefficient, the depreciation coefficient of knowledge, the ambiguity coefficient of knowledge, and the knowledge affinity coefficient of organizational culture. And various knowledge quantities such as knowledge energy, knowledge temperature, and diffusion coefficient for the knowledge diffusion equation were defined and simulations were carried out by the lattice kinetic method. And, based on the new model, we have successfully studied the impact of the characteristics of members, knowledge itself, and organizational culture on the diffusion of competitive knowledge. The results show that the diffusion velocity of knowledge in the organization increases as the knowledge absorbing ability of the members is larger, and the ambiguity of knowledge has a negative impact on the diffusion of knowledge. The degree of knowledge affinity of organizational culture is a decisive factor in the diffusion and accumulation of knowledge in the organization, and the cultural characteristics of the organization have a much greater influence on the diffusion of competitive knowledge than the personal characteristics of members. Therefore, the organization manager needs to pay more attention to building a better organizational culture than improving personal characteristics. Our research is helpful in analyzing the factors affecting competitive knowledge diffusion and constructing an effective knowledge management system.

Measuring and exploring factors affecting students’ willingness to engage in peer mentoring

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ouedraogo Noufou ◽  
Davar Rezania ◽  
Muhammad Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure students’ willingness to mentor their peers and explores key factors to student peer mentoring effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a hybrid research methodology consisting of a survey and a focus group discussion. The survey was conducted with students of a bachelor of commerce (BCom) program of a North American university to analyze the impact of organizational culture and altruism on their willingness to mentor their peers. The focus group discussion was carried out with students of the same program to explore the objectives, focus, and factors contributing to their willingness to mentor and to peer mentoring effectiveness. Findings – Organizational culture and altruism significantly affect students’ emotional and intentional willingness to mentor their peers. Peer mentoring can help students prepare their transition from high school to university, guide them through university programs, and help them prepare their transition from university to workplace. Critical factors to peer mentoring effectiveness include a good fit between mentors and mentees, a reasonable ratio of mentor to protégés, and an understanding of and a willingness to address each student's specific needs. Practical implications – Business schools should embrace and promote a culture of mutual help, look for altruistic students as prospective peer mentors, and promote voluntary student peer mentoring. A mentoring program should be flexible enough to meet each student's needs. Attention should be paid to finding a good fit between mentors and protégés. Communication should focus on the benefits of student peer mentoring for mentors and protégés. Originality/value – This research brings empirical evidence on peer mentoring by testing and confirming the impact of altruism and organizational culture on students’ willingness to mentor their peers. It also provides practical insight to business schools for implementing student peer mentoring programs.

scholarly journals External debt and growth: role of stable macroeconomic policies

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (50) ◽  
pp. 185-204
Author(s):  
Sima Rani Dey ◽  
Mohammad Tareque
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
External Debt ◽  
Impulse Response Function ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Bounds Testing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of external debt on economic growth in Bangladesh within a broader macroeconomic scenario. Design/methodology/approach In the process of doing so, it assesses the empirical cointegration, long-run and short-run dynamics of the concerned variables for the period of 1980–2017 applying the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration. First, debt-gross domestic product linkage explores the impact of external debt impact on economic growth using a set of macro and country risk variables, and then this linkage is also analyzed along with a newly formed macroeconomic policy (MEP) variable using principal component analysis. Findings The study results reveal the negative impact of external debt on GDP growth, but the larger positive impact of MEP index indicates that this adverse effect of debt can be mitigated or even nullified by sound MEP and appropriate human resource policy. Originality/value The dynamic effects of different shocks (external debt and macro policy variable) on economic growth by vector autoregression impulse response function also confirm our ARDL findings.

How R&D originality affects open innovation under knowledge spillovers?

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 604-628
Author(s):  
Zongjun Wang ◽  
Zhenyu Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Spillovers ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how R&D originality functions in an open innovation process after the introduction of knowledge spillovers (KSs). Design/methodology/approach To examine the research framework, the authors use hierarchical regression based on questionnaire data from 211 emerging enterprises in China. Findings Consistent with the proposed framework, the authors find that the KS effect mediates the positive relationship between openness and innovation performance. In addition, R&D originality weakens the impact of the KS effect on innovation performance. Research limitations/implications One limitation is that the questionnaire survey the authors choose for data collection has some natural defects; furthermore, the testing method and research framework need to be improved. Practical implications Several implications of the findings for managerial practices are discussed. Originality/value First, the research expands the existing theoretical construct by introducing the KS effect into the open innovation process; second, the authors reveal the negative impact of R&D originality on the open innovation process.

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