조직의 학습지향성이 조직성과에 미치는 영향과 상황요인의 조절효과에 관한 연구

The business environment is rapidly changing and many companies are pursuing organizational change and innovation. Learning theory has been developed as a result of endeavors to fit to new environments. Many theoretical studies assert that learning has a positive effect on organizational performance, but few empirical studies have been done. This study examines the effect of learning orientation on organizational performance and the moderating role of contingent variables in the relationship between learning orientation and organizational performance. For the study, data are collected from 74 companies in Korea and each variable is measured by Likert's 5-point scale. Data are analyzed by using statistical methods such as factor analysis, Chronbach's alpha, the Pearson correlation, simple and hierarchy regression. The results of this study are as follows: Firstly, learning orientation has a positive effect on organizational committment and organizational innovation. This result implies that learning orientation is related to organizational innovation and can contribute to the organizational performance through causing the generate commitment. Secondly, the result of the analysis on the moderating effect indicates that contingent variables is positively related to the relationship between learning orientation and organizational performance. This result means that learning orientation is made through the interaction with the environmental dynamism, the transformational leadership, the organic structure. Therefore companies should seeking the learning organization after sufficiently considering the different variables.