Investigating and Analyzing the Impact of Successful Teaming Behaviors on the Perceived Organizational Innovation: A Case Study of Isfahan Railways Administration

Document Type : Original Article

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Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Abstract

When there is a need for different skills, experiences and expertise to achieve an aim, "teaming" will occur in organization, which consequently leads to innovation in organization by generating new capabilities through combination of realities and different viewpoints. The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the impacts of successful teaming behaviors on the organizational innovation perceived by the staff in Isfahan Railways Administration, Isfahan, Iran. Based on the research model, the impacts of successful teaming behaviors are analyzed and studied in five dimensions, namely expressing one's thoughts, experimenting, reflecting, intently listening and integrating, on the organizational innovation perceived by the staff. This survey is applied and descriptive in nature and uses a questionnaire as data collection tool. The population of the study consists of 538 employers of Isfahan Railways Administration, among whom a sample of 224 is selected by random sampling method. To test the hypotheses and the fitness of the model, structural equation modeling (SEM) and partial least squares (PLS) methods are used. The findings show that among the components of successful teaming there is a meaningful and positive relationship only between "organizational innovation" and "integrating".

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