Organizational Learning and Its Inter-Linkages: Determining the Impact on Employee Behavior

Abstract

Employee behavior with motivation/innovation and their inter-linkages with organizational learning were examined to study its impact on employee behavior. The purpose was to discern how the linkages between these paradigms change as employees move higher in the organizational hierarchy. A framework was developed and the relationship between the motivators within the individual and the organization was identified. The variables and their inter-linkages to influence employee behavior were established. The findings were based on the study of 50 employees from the cities of Chennai and Bangalore, which are the industrial hubs in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka in India. The discriminant model established to help and predict an employee's organizational learning based on the motivators identified at various levels. This study helps the organizations to understand their employees' behavior and foster their strategies to enhance organizational learning and effectiveness.