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From Questions to Answers: Reviewing Organizational Learning Research
Abstract
Prior reviews of organizational learning (OL) have noted an exponential growth in the literature through the 1990s and have expressed concerns about the lack of empirical research. In this paper, we review the literature published during the period 1990-2002 and take stock of the state of empirical research in OL. Based on the 123 articles reviewed, we note a phenomenal growth in empirical research and the emergence of a learning perspective. We discuss key research findings pertaining to internal and external learning, and the facilitators of organizational learning. We discuss the implications of the empirical research and suggest directions for future research.
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Barney, J. (1991) · Journal of Management · doi:10.1177/014920639101700108 · Cited by 48,334
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“Some researchers have argued that organizational learning leads to organizational knowledge, yet organizational knowledge influences learning (Argyris and Schön, 1978; Miller, 1996; Vera and Crossan, 2003).”
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“Many strategy researchers have also adopted a learning perspective within the resource-based view of the firm (Barney, 1991) and the knowledge-based view (Conner and Prahalad, 1996; Grant, 1996; Spender, 1996).”
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- Authors
- Bapuji, H., & Crossan, M.
- Venue
- Management Learning
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2004-12
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 397-417
- ISSN
- 1350-5076 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7307
- OpenAlex
- W2031102515
- Cited by
- 461
- References
- 14
- FWCI
- 22.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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