THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING ON SMEs PERFORMANCE THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION

Abstract Background: Small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs)are an important guarantee for China's economic development, playing a crucial role in increasing employment, maintaining social harmony and stability, and promoting technological innovation. Although the factors that affect the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises have been widely studied, few studies have explored the mediating role of organizational innovation between organizational culture and organizational learning on the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises. Based on the RBV theory, organizational culture and organizational learning are regarded as important organizational resources for enterprises, and organizational innovation is an innovative resource for SMEs. Objective: To explore the impact of organizational culture on the performance of SMEs. To study the impact of organizational learning on the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises. To evaluate the mediating role of organizational innovation between organizational culture, organizational learning, and SMEs performance. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted on the operators, managers, or employees of 395 small and medium-sized enterprises in Jiangxi Province. Partial least squares (PLS-SEM) structural equation modeling was used for analysis to test the relationship between research hypotheses and evaluation variables. Findings: Organizational culture and organizational learning both have a positive impact on the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises, with organizational innovation playing a mediating role. Contribution: Explored the relationship between organizational culture, organizational learning, organizational innovation, and performance of small and medium-sized enterprises, and established a variable relationship model. Enriching the existing theories of small and medium-sized enterprise management, providing theoretical insights for small and medium-sized enterprise managers, and having practical significance for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.