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Impact of Executive Isolation on Leadership and Learning Culture: A Study across Chief Executive Officers and Employees of Technology Enterprises in India
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Rishi Kappal; Dharmesh K. Mishra – Learning Organization, 2024
Purpose: Executive isolation, also known as workplace loneliness, its factors and impact are major issues for organizational development, future of work for leadership and learning culture. The purpose of this study is to examine the Executive isolation phenomenon where relationships between power distance, organizational culture and executive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Culture, Leadership, Business
Creating a Learning Organization through a Co-Generative Learning Process--A Nordic Perspective
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Finnestrand, Hanne – Learning Organization, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how the Nordic model, featuring highly regulated trade union-employer collaboration, has enabled the building of learning organizations through a co-generative learning model involving both practitioners and action researchers. Design/methodology/approach: A literature search on the Nordic sociotechnical…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Unions, Employers, Cooperation
Institutional Narcissism, Arrogant Organization Disorder and Interruptions in Organizational Learning
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Godkin, Lynn; Allcorn, Seth – Learning Organization, 2009
Purpose: This article aims to present an alternative approach to diagnosing behavioral barriers to organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach: The paper juxtaposes interruptions in organizational learning with characteristics of narcissism and arrogant organization disorder. Psychoanalytically informed theory and DSM-IV criteria are…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Barriers, Behavior Theories, Organizational Climate
The Role of Facilitators in Project Action Learning Implementation
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Cao, Rui; Chuah, Kong Bieng; Chao, Yiu Chung; Kwong, Kar Fai; Law, Mo Yin – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This paper addresses the importance of a more proactive role of organizational learning (OL) facilitators, learning motivation reinforcer, through a two-part longitudinal study in a case company. The first part of this study aims to investigate and analyze some unexpected challenges in the project action learning-driven (PAL) OL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Experiential Learning, Partnerships in Education
The Role of Culture on Knowledge Transfer: The Case of the Multinational Corporation
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Lucas, Leyland M. – Learning Organization, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims to look at the issue of culture's role in knowledge transfer within multinational corporations (MNCs). Studies of MNCs have hinted at the importance of culture to the performance of subsidiaries. Using Hofstede's cultural dimensions of power distance, individualism/collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Corporations, Cultural Influences, Context Effect
Operationalizing the Concept of Value--An Action Research-Based Model
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Naslund, Dag; Olsson, Annika; Karlsson, Sture – Learning Organization, 2006
Purpose: While the importance of measuring customer satisfaction levels is well established, less research exists on how organizations operationalize such knowledge. The purpose of this paper is to describe an action research (AR) case study resulting in a workshop model to operationalize the concept of value. The model facilitates organizational…
Descriptors: Action Research, Training Methods, Staff Development, Employee Attitudes