EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON INDIVIDUAL ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIAN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC SECTOR
Keywords:
Organizational culture, absorptive capacity, engineers, manufacturingAbstract
The aim of this paper was to investigate the effect of organizational culture on individual absorptive capacity. The study utilized task orientation, risk-orientation, cooperative norms, open communication, and collective rewards dimensions of organizational culture. The study was conducted by using survey among engineers working in the electrical and electronic sector of the Malaysian manufacturing industry and data was gathered from 305 respondents. The engineers in this study are all employed by foreign multinational corporations (MNCs) operating in Malaysia. Partial least square method was used to analyze the data collected. The findings indicated that there was partial support for certain aspects of organizational culture in influencing individual absorptive capacity.
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