The Learning Organization: Volume 29 Issue 5

Guest editorial: Learning organization, human resource management and sustainability: leading the future of organizations

Jacky Hong, Carla Curado, Paulo Lopes Henriques

The contribution of organizational learning and green human resource management practices to the circular economy: a relational analysis – Part I

Nagamani Subramanian, M. Suresh

The goal of this research is to create a conceptual model that identifies the relationship between organizational learning and green human resource management practices and its…

The contribution of organizational learning and green human resource management practices to the circular economy: a relational analysis – evidence from manufacturing SMEs (part II)

Nagamani Subramanian, M. Suresh

Circular economy has emerged as one of the most important approaches to addressing environmental challenges. Organizations have begun to act on their abilities to enhance their…

Application of learning organization 2.0: a case study of Ricoh Ena Forest Japan

Frendy Frendy, Hoe Chin Goi, Muhammad Mohsin Hakeem, Kuok Kei Law

This paper aims to offer an empirical application of the concept of learning organization (LO) 2.0.

Developing a sustainability-driven learning organization through expatriate knowledge transfer: the case of Haier

Yixin Sun, Jacky Hong

This study aims to examine how expatriates’ knowledge can be adopted to transform the mental models at the subsidiary level and develop a sustainability-driven learning…

Burnout in learning organizations: the roles of organizational respect, job satisfaction and job insecurity

Sow Hup Joanne Chan, Kuan-Thye Chan, Yiuwah Evan Chan

The purpose of this study is to explain when and how organizational respect is related to job burnout syndromes. Using the stimulus–organism–response framework, the authors found…

Is teleworking at odds with social sustainability and organizational learning?

Pilar Mosquera, Maria Eduarda Soares, Teresa Alvadia

The well-being of individuals is an essential issue of sustainability research. This study aims to focus on the particular case of teleworkers and the work conditions which may…

Sustainable human resources management in learning organizations: consequences of customer incivility and surface acting

Kim Oi Mei Kuok, Sow Hup Joanne Chan, Hera Kit Wa Kou, Siew Huat Kong, Lancy Vai Iun Mac

Because of the nature of their work, frontline service employees are highly exposed to customer incivility (CI) and are required to perform surface acting (SA) in such…

The influence of transformational leadership on work engagement in the context of learning organization mediated by employees’ motivation

Si Chen, Javier Calero Cuervo

This study aims to focus on determining the influence of transformational leadership on work engagement as mediated by employee motivation.