Investigation on the Effect of Error Management Culture on Organizational Innovation

Nearly two decades، organizational failures are considered as an effective source of promoting organizational learning. Error management culture in the organization is established as a mechanism to facilitate organizational learning from errors that improves long-term and sustainable innovation and organizational performance. The main objective of this study is to investigate the relation between error management culture and organizational innovation، and to explain the role of organizational learning in this regard. Pharmaceutical and insurance companies in Tehran Stock Exchange were selected to data collection. More than 200 questionnaires distributed in 16 pharmaceutical companies and 3 insurance companies، 151 questionnaires were returned. Using a one-sample T-test and correlation analysis proved that error management culture has good position in these companies. Furthermore، its relationship with organizational learning and innovation was confirmed. Hierarchical regression results suggest that organizational learning plays as mediator in the relationship between organizational innovation and error management culture.