Organizational process alignment, culture and innovation

Abstract

This study explores the relationships between organizational process alignment, culture and innovation. Based
on previous studies, this study proposed a conceptual model and hypothesized that three kinds of process
alignments (structural, information technology (IT) and strategic alignments) positively affect adaptability
culture, which in turn facilitate process and product innovations. Using structural equations modeling with data
collected from 175 surveys from high-tech firms in Taiwan, the result indicated that there is a positive effect of
structural and strategic alignments on adaptability culture, but information technology (IT) alignment exerted no
such effect. This study further found that adaptability culture has a direct impact on process innovation, and an
indirect impact on product innovation through process innovation.