Dimensions of Social Capital and Learning Culture: A Case of an IT Organization

Autor/inn/en	Srirama, Mamatha V.; Iyer, Parameshwar P.; Reddy, Hariprasad
Titel	Dimensions of Social Capital and Learning Culture: A Case of an IT Organization
Quelle	In: Learning Organization, 27 (2020) 4, S.337-349 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0969-6474
DOI	10.1108/TLO-06-2019-0094
Schlagwörter	Social Capital; Organizational Culture; Information Technology; Employee Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Structural Equation Models; Correlation; Questionnaires; Attribution Theory; Trust (Psychology); Identification (Psychology); Learning Processes; Workplace Learning; Indians + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialkapital; Unternehmenskultur; Informationstechnologie; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Ausland; Korrelation; Fragebogen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Inder
Abstract	Purpose: Earlier studies of social capital have focused on its influence on various aspects of business. There is substantial void in the literature on how social capital enables learning culture in organizations. The purpose of this paper is to explore direct and indirect relations between dimensions of social capital and learning culture in the organizational context. Design/methodology/approach: A survey-based research was conducted in which the questionnaire based on the Dimensions of Learning Organization Questionnaire (DLOQ) and social capital was used. Participants in this study were employees from an IT organization based in India. Data was subjected to structural equation modeling to understand causal relations between social capital and learning culture. Findings: This empirical study emphatically shows that parameters of social capital positively influence individual learning. Results show that shared vision, shared narratives in the cognitive dimension; trust and identification in the relational dimension; and mutual confiding in the structural dimension have a positive influence on individual learning. Originality/value: Findings in this paper indicate that a culture of learning in organizations starts with individuals and it can be fueled and sustained by social capital embedded within the organization if managers focus on enabling the factors identified in this study through policies and practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01