Organizational Learning: Trends in the Social Construction of a Field
Published: 2012
Author(s) Name: Kumar Alok |
Author(s) Affiliation: Kumar Alok is Assistant Professor (OB/HR), Chandragupt Institute of Management, Patna
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Abstract
Organizational learning literature
offers considerable choices
to prospective researchers. Some
of the choices are as fundamental
as the ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘why’
of learning. As there are little
theories to anchor, it is left to the
researchers to socially construct
and reconstruct the fragmented
field. This paper studies the
empirical research published in
the top 10 journals during 2000-
2010 and identifies the areas of
convergence. Researchers considerably
agree on using agentic
perspective on learning and organization
as the level of analysis.
Much agreement exists on the
use of exploration-exploitation
framework of learning, quantitative
methodologies, and longitudinal
designs. Strategy has
emerged as the most prolific contributor
to the organizational
learning research.
Keywords: N.A.
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