An empirical analysis on the relation between learning organization and organizational commitment

OpenAlex · İngilizce

This study basically aims to determine the relationship between learning organization and organizational commitment, and to determine whether “emotional commitment”, “normative commitment” and “continuation commitment” which are subordinate elements of organizational commitment have effects on learning organization and subordinate elements of learning organization. Secondary aim is to contribute to the management literature by determining which dimension of organizational commitment is more effective on organization. The research was conducted on businesses registered to Aegean Region Chamber of Industry (Izmir/Turkey). The results of the research indicate that organizational commitment is an element which affects learning organization. Moreover, the findings of the research suggest that the information age organizations need to obtain employees with high organizational commitment and take measures in order to increase commitments of employees in order to become learning organizations.