*Associate Professor, KCT Business School, Coimbatore, India
**Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, Anna University, Regional Campus, Coimbatore, India
Online published on 1 June, 2016.
The present study aims to explore and assess the impact of learning organization on innovation performance in renewable energy industries. To assess the learning, the dimension of learning organization questionnaire (Watkins and Marsick (1997)) was adopted. This paper examines the Dimensions of Learning Organization (DLOQ) which has continuous learning, Dialogue & Inquiry, Team Learning, Embedded System, System Connections, Provide Leadership and also assess the Innovation performance. The data was collected from two hundred and thirty employees of renewable energy sector. Structural Equation Modeling was used to mode the impact of Organizational learning on process innovation performance and product innovation performance. The results of the study indicate that process innovations are high with companies that Promote inquiry dialogue, Create systems to capture and shared knowledge and that Provide strategic leadership for learning.
Learning organization, process innovation, product innovation, strategic leadership
