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 Volume 11, Issue 9 (September 2024), Pages: 237-247

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 Original Research Paper

The impact on organizational innovation and university performance: The mediating role on employee performance of private universities in Mogadishu

 Author(s): 

 Mohamud Ahmed Mohamed *, Fatima Aden Eidle, Ibrahim Hassan Mohamud, Mohamed Ali Farah

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Management Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3247-8443

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.09.025

 Abstract

Scholarly research shows that in traditional business settings, organizational innovation and employee performance greatly improve the performance of universities. Globalization has caused major changes in the environment, creating many challenges that require new organizational approaches. The researchers wanted to explore whether this effect could also be found in the academic sector. Therefore, the main goal of this article was to conduct an empirical study to examine this issue. The study used a quantitative method, collecting data through an electronic structured questionnaire. A random sample of 120 academic staff from private universities in Mogadishu, Somalia, was selected for the survey. The data was analyzed using SPSS v23 software and SmartPLS 4. The results show a strong positive relationship between product innovation and both employee and university performance. Process innovation had a significant impact on university performance but negatively affected employee performance. Overall, the study found that employee performance negatively affected the relationship between organizational innovation and university performance. Despite its limitations, this study provides valuable insights for scholars, researchers, and policymakers in academic institutions.

 © 2024 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Organizational innovation, Employee performance, University performance, Product innovation, Process innovation

 Article history

 Received 25 April 2024, Received in revised form 11 September 2024, Accepted 15 September 2024

 Funding

We thank SIMAD University for their kind financial support towards our research endeavor.

 Acknowledgment

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

All participants provided informed consent, and their responses were kept confidential and anonymous. This study was conducted following ethical guidelines approved by SIMAD University.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Mohamed MA, Eidle FA, Mohamud IH, and Farah MA (2024). The impact on organizational innovation and university performance: The mediating role on employee performance of private universities in Mogadishu. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(9): 237-247

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