Advances in Management and Applied Economics

Organization Climates and Individual Innovation

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  The study aimed to explorer organizational climates that support individual innovation and to investigate the correlation between organizational climates and individual innovation. The quantitative approach was used to gather the data and the questionnaire was designed on the basis of a thorough literature review that consisted of organizational characteristics section and five-scale organizational climates, and individual innovation measurement section. To validate organizational climates, factor analysis yield three factors that were strategy, structure and leader, and individual innovation was composed of idea generation and idea implementation. The finding revealed that most company set clear innovation strategy, but not set innovation department. Meanwhile, each department has a key individual to responsible for innovation. Furthermore, all factors of organizational climates were significant correlated with individual innovation, and the companies emphasized on structure more than leader and strategy.