The learning organization: an empirical test of a normative perspective

Abstract

This paper proposes a framework for understanding the concept of a learning organization from a normative perspective. A questionnaire was developed to operationally measure the described management practice attributes of a learning organization. Using a sample of four organizations and 612 subjects, support was found for three a priori predictive hypotheses derived from a conceptual framework. Implications of the results and further empirical research are discussed, especially for linking learning organization attributes to performance using larger samples and multiple measures.

Citation

Goh, S.C. (2001), "The learning organization: an empirical test of a normative perspective", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 4 No. 3/4, pp. 329-355. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-04-03-04-2001-B007