Title: The relationship of training and learning, and the diversity of sources of innovation's ideas with the social innovation in non-profit organisations: evidence from Ecuador

Authors: Orly Carvache-Franco; Glenda Gutiérrez-Candela; Paola Guim-Bustos

Addresses: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Administrativas y Empresariales, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador ' Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Administrativas y Empresariales, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador ' Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Administrativas y Empresariales, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Abstract: The objective of this research was to examine the relationship of the variables training and learning, and the diversity of sources of innovation's ideas, with the social innovation of non-profit organisations (NPOs). The study was carried out in Guayas-Ecuador. It is a quantitative, cross-sectional, and non-experimental study, in which Probit regression was used. The findings indicate that the variables: training and learning, and the diversity of sources of ideas for innovation, positively affect social innovation in these organisations. The theoretical implication of the research is that it contributes to the scant empirical evidence of this relationship, especially in developing countries; it also strengthens the idea that the resource-based view of the firm can explain social innovation and that the fundamental resource in social innovation is the knowledge that these organisations acquire and increase through training and internal learning, as well as the diversity of sources of ideas for innovation that they acquire.

Keywords: social innovation; governance; development of social projects; knowledge.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLC.2023.133101

International Journal of Learning and Change, 2023 Vol.15 No.5, pp.499 - 512

Received: 15 Jul 2021
Accepted: 13 Oct 2021
Published online: 01 Sep 2023 *

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