Leadership Agility, the Influence on the Organizational Learning and Organizational Innovation and How to Reduce Imitation Orientation

Abstract

This research aims to test and analyze the significant positive effect of leadership agility toward organizational learning and organizational innovation; and organizational learning toward organizational innovation. It also test and analyze the significant negative effect of organizational innovation toward imitation orientation.The analysis is focused on 170 owner and manager of Batik MSMEs (micro small medium enterprises) in Pekalongan that known as Batik City worldwide. The statistic technique that is used in this research is Partial Least Square.Leadership agility has a contribution in increasing organizational learning and organizational innovation. Organizational learning is also able to increase organizational innovation. Another finding shows that having organizational innovation can decrease imitation orientation of MSMEs.This research result helps the owner/manager of MSMEs to implement leadership agility in facing the level of competition of Batik industry that is unstoppable. This condition requires Batik industry to have organizational learning continuously and sustainably so that it can have an impact to organizational innovation which can impact on the decrease of imitation orientation. By having a good leadership agility, it can also increase organizational innovation so that the product or service produced can be more unique, creative, and innovative that ultimately can also reduce the imitation orientation of MSMEs owner/manager.

Service Innovation Strategic Consensus: A Lesson from the Islamic Banking Industry in Indonesia

“…This is important since some research findings reveal that leadership can moderate the influence of contingency variables with organizational performance (Yeh et al, 2016;Ximenes et al, 2019;Sari, 2013;Hutagalung, 2016). Muafi and Uyun (2018) found that leadership agility can be used to increase organizational innovation and reduce imitation behavior. Leaders must be able to seize opportunities amid increasing uncertainty and complexity, and they must have priorities for success (Muafi & Uyun, 2018;Joiner, Josephs, 2007;Joiner, 2009a;2009b;Lediju, 2016;Rizan et al, 2020).…”

“…Muafi and Uyun (2018) found that leadership agility can be used to increase organizational innovation and reduce imitation behavior. Leaders must be able to seize opportunities amid increasing uncertainty and complexity, and they must have priorities for success (Muafi & Uyun, 2018;Joiner, Josephs, 2007;Joiner, 2009a;2009b;Lediju, 2016;Rizan et al, 2020).…”

“…In implementing a service innovation strategy, Islamic banking should consider a contingency approach, so that it is able to further improve the performance of the company (Hodge, et al, 2003;Muafi & Kusumawati, 2020), such as the manager's personality (Allport, 1937;Ashton, 1998;Kickul & Gundry 2002) and organizational structure of the company (Schuler & Jackson 1987;Streers, 1977;Robbins, 1991). Another important matter that becomes a fundamental problem is the need for companies to have high leadership agility from each leader (Lediju 2016;Joiner 2019;Joiner 2009a;2009b;Joiner, Josephs 2007), especially in Islamic banks (Muafi & Uyun 2018). They must be able to lead the company effectively in a time of rapid and complex environmental changes (Joiner, 2009a;2009b;2009c).…”

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“…Pekalongan has been known to have a very large number of creative MSME which are spread evenly in almost every region. Besides that, Pekalongan is known as a city that has majority Muslim community which live side by side with non-Muslim communities and live in harmony with Arabs, Chinese and Indians ethnic (Muafi & Uyun, 2019). They have a talent as a designer or batik craftmen who is very well known and passed down from one generation to the next.…”

Leadership Agility and Digital Quotient Influence on Employee Engagement: between PT.X and PINRUMAH.COM

“…Not to mention they also have technological savvy, which is the ability of to use a device or technology properly and correctly to finally provide positive impacts on the environment and society. Nevertheless, a leader is not only seen from the level or only in high organizational positions (Uyun, 2018). There are two objects in the research.…”