Influence of Innovation Capability Dynamic Capability and Organizational Climate toward Sustainability of Electroplating Factory in Thailand

Abstract

Thailand is moving towards the Thailand 4.0 era in which innovations serve as the main mechanisms. The electro plating industry, which is the main industry of the country, is an industry that creates quality and adds value for products which are important and necessary in the production process. Legal requirements and operational standards as well as technological developments and innovations in various fields have an effect on the electro plating process in terms of developing sustainability for the electro plating industry in Thailand. The objectives of this research were to: 1) study levels of innovation capability, dynamic capability, organizational climate, and sustainability of the electro plating industry in Thailand; 2) examine influences of innovation capability, dynamic capability, and organizational climate on the sustainability of the electro plating industry in Thailand; and 3) exhibit a model for sustainability development of the electro plating industry in Thailand. This research employed a mixed research methodology combining quantitative and qualitative methods. For the quantitative research part, the research sample consisted of 440 individuals who were top- and middle-level executives in the electro plating factories via a Structural Equation Modeling. They were selected via stratified sampling. As for the qualitative research component, in-depth interviews were conducted with 17 key informants consisting of specialists and academics in the electro plating industry. The findings showed that: 1) innovation capability, dynamic capability, organizational climate, and sustainability were rated at a high level; 2) innovation capability, dynamic capability, and organizational climate had an influence on the sustainability of the sustainability of the electro plating industry in Thailand, with a .05 level of statistical significance, and all of these factors could predict the results by 89 percent; and 3) the model of sustainability development of the electro plating industry in Thailand, developed by the researcher, was called the TSSS Model, consisting of T (referring to technology), S (referring to support), S (referring to strategic), and S (referring to sustainability). The main argument of this research is that technological innovations and organizational climate play a role in leading personnel to have dynamic capability in developing strategies for the electro plating industry in Thailand, creating a climate for the development of sustainable innovations, resulting in the electro plating industry in Thailand becoming economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable.