The Impact of Learning on Innovation by Moderating Role of Organizational Inertia

The present study aims to determine and investigate the effect of organizational learning on organizational innovation with moderating role of organization inertia in governmental organizations of province. The method of this research in terms of purpose have been practical that the required data were collected Using the questionnaire and a survey method. The statistical population of this research includes governmental organizations in Guilan province. The number of these organizations is about 80 organizations which 50 organizations were selected as sample. Analysis is at the organizational level. The spss and smart pls2 software are used for statistical analysis of collected data. The findings of this research showed that organizational learning has a significant effect (19.759) on innovation And also organizational inertia has a moderating role (408/2) on the relationship between organizational learning and organizational innovation. The results indicated that organizational learning has a positive and significant effect on organizational innovation as well as on all dimensions of innovation (service, process, behavioral, and management). It also showed that organizational inertia has a negative moderating effect on the relationship between learning and innovation. The presence of organizational inertia decreases the impact of learning on innovation. The results also indicate that psychological inertia and sunk cost have a negative moderating effect and practical inertia have positive moderating impact on the relationship between learning and innovation in governmental organizations.