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The relationship between the learning organization concept and firms' financial performance: An empirical assessment
Author(s) -
Ellinger Andrea D.,
Ellinger Alexander E.,
Yang Baiyin,
Howton Shelly W.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.1010
Subject(s) - learning organization , association (psychology) , competitive advantage , perception , empirical research , psychology , organizational learning , knowledge management , business , marketing , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience , psychotherapist
The concept of the learning organization has received considerable attention in the scholarly literaturebecause superior learning processes have been heralded as a source of competitive advantage. Organizations thatembrace strategies consistent with the learning organization are thought to achieve improved performance. Yet fewempirical studies have examined the relationship between the learning organization concept and firms'financial performance. To assess this association, the authors obtained managerial responses to the Watkins andMarsick Dimensions of the Learning Organization Questionnaire (DLOQ © ) instrument alongwith both perceptual and objective measures of firms' financial performance. Results suggest a positiveassociation between the learning organization concept and firms' financial performance. The articlediscusses implications for research and practice.