In this study, a structual relationship model is presented to explain the differences of relationship among internal marketing toward job satisfaction, teamwork, and R&D performance. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of internal ...
In this study, a structual relationship model is presented to explain the differences of relationship among internal marketing toward job satisfaction, teamwork, and R&D performance. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of internal marketing to job satisfaction, teamwork, and R&D performance in the government-supported research institutes.
Five hypotheses are offered with the previous researches. To verify these hypotheses, 219 valid sample data were collected and the data were examined using statistical analyses including frequency analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling with SPSS/AMOS.
Internal marketing factors were classified into four factors; management support, education and training, reward system, and internal communication.
The results of analyses were as follows: (1) Two internal marketing factors(reward system, internal communication) have a positive effect on job satisfaction; (2) Two internal marketing factors(internal communication, management support) have a positive effect on teamwork; (3) The job satisfaction bears no relation to teamwork; (4) The job satisfaction has a positive effect on R&D performance; (5) The teamwork bears no relation to R&D performance.
In other words, this study examined the effects of internal marketing and R&D performance using job satisfaction and teamwork as a moderate variable. It was found that the job satisfaction was playing mediating roles between internal marketing and R&D performance. The mediating role of job satisfaction was found that two factors(reward system, internal communication) of internal marketing affects R&D performance positively.
The key theoretical contribution of this study is that it bigins to extend the internal marketing literature in the government-supported research institutes using the analysis of a structural relationship model based on the internal marketing factors with job satisfaction and teamwork as a moderate variable. The managerial implication is to guide managers for the direction of internal marketing strategy to consider the internal customer satisfaction as well as validity of R&D performance in the government-supported research institutes.
Finally, the limitations of this research and the guidelines for future researches are also discussed.