EXPLORING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Autor (i): Akinbola Olufemi Amos; Alaka, Nureni Sanusi; Kowo Solomon Akpoviroro
JEL: M1, M12
Cuvinte cheie: Organizational Learning, Organizational Competiveness, Commitment, Corporate Performance
Abstract:
International Corporations globally are seeking ways of being ahead of other competitors in the industry
of operations. Companies ranging from production to service firms in globally strive harder to meet the
challenges posed to them by environmental changes. Also the consulting industry is an integral part of service
industry due to the sum they contribute to the growth of the economy. The study tried to situate positions
whether organizational learning could serve as a strategic tool for enhancing organizational performance as
regards employee commitment and organizational competitiveness. 240 copies of questionnaire were
administered to selected international audit service firms considered for the study in Nigeria to get primary data
that treated appropriate research questions and hypotheses were tested accordingly. The study found that
opportunity for individual learning makes employees in the global firms to be committed and that organizational
conditioning has significant effect on competiveness. The study recommends that international service firms
should endeavour to direct more resources to the area of organizational learning in order for them to be able to
achieve better global industry relevance.