Organizational external factors, culture, and innovativeness of shipbuilding companies: Moderating role of resources

Abstract

In examining the influence of organizational culture and external factors on the innovativeness moderated by company resources among the shipbuilding companies operating in Sarawak Malaysia, we draw upon a theoretical perspective to develop hypotheses proposing that the organizational culture and external factors do influence the innovativeness among the shipbuilding companies in Sarawak. We used the simple random sampling to collect data from shipbuilding companies in Sarawak. We received 41 valid questionnaires out of 65 questionnaires distributed, yielding 63% response rate. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the direct and moderating effect on the variables. The result shows an unexpected negative relationship between organizational culture and innovativeness. However, external factors have a significant relationship with innovativeness among the shipbuilding companies. In addition, company resources moderate the relationships between culture and innovativeness. The findings from this study suggest that to enhance the innovativeness among the shipbuilding companies operating in Sarawak, managers and chief executives need to seriously consider all dimensions of culture, external factors and company resources examined in this research. It is hoped that our findings complement the existing body of knowledge and contribute to future studies on organizational innovativeness.