dc.contributor.author | Ambula, Rose | |
dc.contributor.author | Awino, Zachary B | |
dc.contributor.author | K’Obonyo, Peter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-09T12:59:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-09T12:59:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ambula, Rose., Awino, Zachary B., K’Obonyo, Peter (2016). DBA Africa Management Review January Vol 6 No.1, 2016 pp 94-106 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://journals.uonbi.ac.ke/damr | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95511 | |
dc.description.abstract | The concept of learning organization has generated a lot of debate among scholars in
recent years. Learning organizations have developed as a result of pressure facing modern
organizations to adapt and remain competitive in modern business environment. However,
few empirical studies have examined the relationship between learning organization and
firm performance.A number of discussions presented in literature focus on why learning
matters, yet few empirical studies address the processes required to build learning
organizations and their potential impact on firm performance. This study sought to
contribute to this growing body of knowledge by determining the influence of learning
organization on performance of large manufacturing firms in Kenya. To assess this
relationship, the authors obtained managerial responses to the Yang, Watkins and
Marsick’s Dimensions of the Learning Organization Questionnaire (DLOQ) as well as
financial and non-financial measures of performance.Results of the study reveal that
learning organization has a significant influence on firm performance measured in both
financial and non-financial terms. The findings are consistent with the basic proposition of
Resource Based View (RBV) which suggests that firms perform well when they implement
strategies that exploit their internal resources and capabilities. The findings also provide
support to previous empirical studies. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Learning Organization, DLOQ,Firm Performance, LargeManufacturing Firms | en_US |
dc.title | Learning organization and performance of large Manufacturing Firms | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |