Openness' and Organizational Factors' Effects on Learning Behavior

Meng shan Tsai

Meng shan Tsai Graduate Institute of Human Resource and Knowledge Management, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan No.116, Heping 1st Rd., Lingya District, Kaohsiung City 80201, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Keywords: learning behavior, knowledge-sharing, explorative learning, openness, collaborative culture, organizational climate

Abstract

This study investigates the influence of openness, collaborative culture, and organizational climate on learning behavior (i.e. knowledge-sharing and explorative learning) in the Taiwanese technology industry. Data were collected from 200 participations working in 42 technological companies; 178 participants were used to perform hierarchical linear modeling. Openness and collaborative culture were related positively to learning behavior, learning behavior influenced organizational climate negatively, and collaborative culture and organizational climate did not moderate openness and learning behavior. This study uses two-level variables to examine influences on learning behavior. Using hierarchical linear modeling, two-level variables and moderating effects are examined simultaneously. The primary contribution of this study is demonstrating that organizational climate types influence learning behavior; the wrong climate weakens learning behavior, especially explorative learning.

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