중소기업협동조합 구성원의 네트워크 협력, 교육훈련이 사내기업가정신 간의 관계에서 만족도에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among network cooperation, educational training, corporate entrepreneurship, and satisfactions of SME cooperative members. Research design, data, and methodology: This study was conducted according to the procedure of preliminary and main survey, descriptive statistics, reliability and validity test, and verification of the research model using SEM. A survey was conducted on 219 SME cooperatives members working in South Korea. The study verified the hypotheses related to the effect of network cooperation and educational training on satisfactions in the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship by using SEM. First, an exploratory factor analysis was performed to confirm the reliability and validity. Second, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted based on the result of reliability and exploratory factor analysis. Third, we compared the average variance extracted(AVE) and correlation values to confirm the discriminant validity of the latent variables. Fourth, the hypotheses were confirmed using the path analysis. Results: First, the relationship between network cooperation and corporate entrepreneurship was found to be positive. Second, the relationship between educational training and corporate entrepreneurship was also found to be significant. Third, there was a significant and positive relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and satisfactions. Implications: The implications of this study are as follows. First, we verified that network cooperation and educational training are important variables that can improve satisfaction and performance in SME cooperatives. Second, it showed that SME cooperative require a process of sharing trust and knowledge and cooperation through educational training. In addition, it suggests that corporate entrepreneurship, which has an important mediating effect, can be promoted through educational training.