The Impact of the Implementation of a Learning Organization on the Formation of a Positive Organizational Identity

• Main Authors: Marko Peršič, Duško Uršič, Draško Veselinovič
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International School for Social and Business Studies 2014-12-01
• Series: International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning
• Subjects: learning organization; positive organizational identity; organizational learning; factor analysis
• Online Access: http://www.issbs.si/press/ISSN/2232-5697/3_165-180.pdf
• ISSN: 2232-5107; 2232-5697

This paper examines the results of a broader research of the impact of the implementation of a learning organization on the formation of a positive organizational identity in the Slovenian entrepreneurial practice. On the basis of an analysis carried out in 2012 on a sample of 132 enterprises in Slovenia, the authors derived their own definition of organizational learning. With the aid of factor analysis and a regression model, we established that each factor defined in this paper independently affects the formation of a positive organizational identity. However, in the event of joint factors of the learning organization, only the factor empowerment and organization have a statistically significant impact on the formation of a positive organizational identity. The findings from our research are applicable in almost every company in Slovenia, where the management can use them to form the company's organizational identity with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of the company's business.