The Role of Organisational Culture on Innovation Capability: an Empirical Study

Creating and sustaining competitive advantages is the number one priority of any organisation. Companies are trying to be competitive through continously building their innovative capability and creating innovative product and services. Literature has identified several factors affecting the innovation capability of the firms. Organisational culture is argued to be one of them and has implication for innovation capability. This study takes organisational culture and explores its effect on innovation capability. Research hypotheses are developed from the related literatures and tested through the data collected from managers of the firms in Turkey. Data was analysed via Smart PLS program. The results reveal that adhocracy culture is positively related to innovation capability. The results provide evidence regarding the implications of organisational culture as well as enabling factors behind innovativeness of the firms.