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korean management review - Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 1623-1644
Abbreviation: kmr
ISSN: 1226-1874 (Print)
Print publication date 31 Oct 2016
Received 28 Jan 2016 Revised 10 May 2016 Accepted 02 Jun 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17287/kmr.2016.45.5.1623

Organizational Learning and Status: R&D Investments by Korean Universities, 2007-2013
Daehun Chung* ; Dongyoub Shin**
*Yonsei School of Business, First Author and Corresponding Author
**Yonsei School of Business, Co-Author

조직학습과 지위: 한국 대학의 연구개발 투자, 2007-2013년
정대훈* ; 신동엽**
*(주저자, 교신저자) 연세대학교 경영대학 (immaqsad2009@gmail.com)
**(공저자) 연세대학교 경영대학 (dshin@yonsei.ac.kr)
Abstract

This paper examines whether and how status moderates the effects of organizational learning, which is the key adaptive mechanism to environmental feedbacks, on R&D investment. Most existing learning papers on R&D analyzed the effects of experiential learning and/or vicarious learning on R&D expenditures. However, those existing studies paid scant attention to the fact that such effects from the two types of organizational learning often varied across organizations. To explain this variation, the current paper focuses on the moderating effects of status which we view as the main cause of such differences of learning effects across organizations. That is, we predict that organizational status will reduce the effects of experiential and vicarious learning on R&D investment. To test the hypotheses empirically, this paper analyzed an original data-set of Korean universities’ R&D investments 2007-2013. According to the results of the empirical analysis, all the hypotheses were supported.

초록

본 논문은 환경으로부터의 피드백에 대한 조직의 적응 메커니즘인 조직학습이 연구개발 투자에 미치는 영향을 지위가 어떻게 조절하는지를 연구한다. 연구개발 투자에 대한 기존 조직학습 논문들은 대부분 조직 자신의 성과피드백으로부터의 경험적 학습과 다른 조직들의 경험을 통한 대리학습이 연구개발 투자에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 하지만 기존 연구들은 두 종류의 조직학습이 연구개발 투자에 미치는 효과가 조직마다 다르게 나타나는 메커니즘에 대해서는 상대적으로 관심이 낮았다. 본 논문에서는 경험적 학습과 대리학습이 연구개발 투자에 미치는 영향이 조직별로 다른 주된 원인이 조직지위에 있다고 보고, 조직지위에 따라 두 종류의 조직학습이 연구개발 투자에 미치는 영향이 달라질 것이라고 주장한다. 즉 본 논문에서는 조직의 지위가 높을수록 연구개발 투자에서 경험적 학습이나 대리학습으로부터 받는 영향이 작을 것이라고 예측한다. 이러한 가설을 검증하기 위해 본 연구는 2007년부터 2013년까지의 한국 대학들의 연구개발 투자에 관한 자료들을 실증적으로 분석한 결과 모든 가설들이 지지되었다.

Keywords: Organizational Learning, Status, Performance Feedback, Vicarious Learning, R&D Investment
키워드: 조직학습, 조직지위, 성과피드백, 대리학습, 연구개발
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• 정대훈은 현재 연세대학교 경영대학 박사과정에 재학 중이다. 연세대학교 경영학과를 졸업하고 동대학원에서 석사학위를 취득하였으며, 주 연구 관심사는 조직학습, 조직지위, 제도이론 등이다.

• 신동엽은 현재 연세대학교 경영대학 매니지먼트분야 교수로 있다. 연세대학교 경영학과를 졸업하고 미국 예일대학에서 박사학위를 취득하였다. 주 연구 관심사는 제도이론, 사회운동, 사회네트워크, 경영패러다임 변화 등이며, 경영학연구와 인사조직연구를 비롯한 국내 학술지와 Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Poetic 등의 국제 학술지에 논문을 게재하였다.

 
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