Examining The Influencing Factors Of R&D Engineers Creativity In Original Design Manufacturing Sector

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2014
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Chang, Yen Ping
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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The purpose of this study is to examine the direct effect of the perception of organizational learning variables, the perception of organizational factors and knowledge management efficiency with Research and Development (R&D) engineer’s creativity; and investigate whether knowledge management have moderating effect in the above relationship. Organizational learning variable comprises of four sub-elements which is the managerial commitment, system perspective, openness & experimentation, knowledge transfer& integration. Meanwhile organizational factor consist five sub-elements of organization support, organization integration, information & communication, organization resources, corporate culture. Knowledge Management Efficiency consists of four elements which are acquisition, distribution, exchange and combination. There is a total of seven hypothesis relationship which was tested with a sample of 140 from forty Original Design Manufacturer ODM organizations source from postal survey in peninsular Malaysia. Using SmartPLS to analyze the data, the result shows that managerial commitment and organizational support shows positive and significant relationship with the R&D engineer’s creativity. In addition, only corporate culture is mediated by the knowledge management effectiveness with the R&D engineer’s creativity. The theoretical and practical implications of the study and well as recommendation are also discussed.
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The perception of organizational learning variables , organizational factors and knowledge management efficiency
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