Organizational Factors of Commitment to Innovation vs. Innovative Behavior in Smes in the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Industry

Joanna Dzieńdziora, Małgorzata Smolarek, Dawid Żebrak and Elwira Gross-Gołacka
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Joanna Dzieńdziora: Department of Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, WSB University, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
Małgorzata Smolarek: Institute of Management Sciences and Quality, Faculty of Social and Humanities Sciences, Humanitas University, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
Dawid Żebrak: Department of Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, WSB University, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
Elwira Gross-Gołacka: Department of Organization and Management Theory, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, 02-927 Warsaw, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-15

Abstract: Innovation is one of the successful and competitive advantage factors for SMEs in the dynamically changing environment of the RES industry. For SMEs, innovation is driven by a number of factors, such as the size of the enterprise, the scope of activity, innovation capability, strategy, and environmental conditions. Organizations’ commitment to innovation is another important factor. This is especially true for SMEs with strong social bonds, meaning that every employee of the company is, to some extent, involved in the innovation process and influences the organization’s opinion. The goal of the paper is to assess the impact of organizational determinants of commitment to innovation on innovative behavior in SMEs in the RES industry. The paper is both theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part explains the relevance of organizational determinants of commitment to innovation and how they translate to innovative behavior in SMEs. The empirical part presents an analysis of the results of a quantitative diagnostic survey that involved a questionnaire comprised mostly of closed-ended questions. The survey lasted from September 2020 to February 2021 on a sample of 186 companies from the RES industry. Production workers participated in the survey. The survey was conducted in Poland. The research problem is expressed in the following questions: (1) Do organizational determinants of commitment to innovation influence innovative behaviors undertaken and implemented in SMEs in the RES industry? (2) What are the key predictors of organizational commitment to innovation in SMEs in the RES industry? (3) Which predictors of organizational commitment to innovation have the most influence on innovative behaviors undertaken and implemented in SMEs in the RES industry? The research hypothesis was as follows: The organizational factors of commitment to innovation have a positive impact on the innovative behaviors of employees. In the course of the survey, all the research assumptions were confirmed. The statistical tests were used to verify the research hypotheses. The article includes an introduction, literature review, analysis of research results, conclusions, and a bibliography.

Keywords: organizational factors of commitment to innovation; internal relationships; innovative behaviors; small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); RES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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