Conceptualizing The Impact Of Contextual Communication Factors On Organizational Learning In Higher Learning Institutions

Abstract

This conceptual paper focuses on organization learning and its antecedents. The paper is written to highlight the development of organizational learning as a field of study, its historical background, as well visualizing the future potential research of organizational learning. Organizational development is often depending on organization’s capabilities to adapt with rapid process of creating, retaining, and transferring knowledge which often called organizational learning. To identify the factors contributing towards organizational learning this paper focuses on several contextual communication factors, namely, communication climate, information communication technology, leadership, networking. These factors are believed to have a significant impact on developing a conducive organizational learning. Numerous reviewed literature and previous research are highlighted to showcase each factor’s impact on organizational learning. As the outcome of the study, this paper raised the potential of organizational learning influence on job performance within the working environment. Based on these assumptions, the hypotheses are formulated and conceptual framework is developed and proposed. As the future recommendations, this paper suggest a particular research method to be used in fulfilling the objectives, testing the hypotheses, and validating the proposed model. Keywords: Organizational Learning, Communication Climate, Information Communication Technology, Leadership, Networking.