Perception of Innovative Climate, Organizational Learning and Work Motivation of Employees in Small and Medium Sized IT Companies

Abstract

The objective of the present study is to determine whether there is a gender difference between employees working in small and medium sized IT companies with respect to climate for innovation, organizational learning and work motivation. The study also seeks to determine the relationship between climate for innovation, organizational learning and work motivation in employees of small and medium sized IT companies. A non-probability purposive sampling technique was employed to select a sample of 200 employees, aged between 25-35 years, out of whom 100 (50 men and 50 women) worked in small sized IT companies and 100 (50 men and 50 women) worked in medium sized IT companies. The DLOQ (Marsick & Watkins, 2003) was administered to measure organizational learning. The climate for innovation questionnaire (Scott & Bruce, 1994) was administered to measure the support for innovation in organizations. The WEIMS (Tremblay et al, 2009) was administered to measure work motivation. Significant differences were found between the employees of small and medium companies and also between men and women employees with respect to the dimensions of climate for innovation, organisational learning and work motivation (p<0.05). Climate for innovation, organizational learning and work motivation were found to be significantly correlated in small and medium sized companies (p<0.05). The study emphasizes the crucial importance of non-monetary factors in a company that may lead to higher job satisfaction, learning, productivity and increased performance and growth.