Journal of the Korean Society for Railway (한국철도학회논문집)

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An Exploratory Study on the Interaction between Learning Orientation and Environmental Turbulence - The Case of Railway Public Organizations -

학습지향성과 환경격변성의 상호작용에 관한 탐색적 연구 - 철도공기업을 중심으로 -

  • 신택현 (서울산업대학교 철도전문대학원 철도경영정책학과) ;
  • 김성호 (서울산업대학교 철도전문대학원 철도경영정책학과)
  • Received : 2010.01.14
  • Accepted : 2010.05.12
  • Published : 2010.06.26
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to depict statistically and exploratively the interrelationship among learning orientation, environmental turbulence, and performance in the railway public organizations. To attain this purpose, a questionnaire was provided based on literature survey, and 616 respondent's data received was tested for its validity and reliability. And then, simple and vertical regression analysis were performed. The main findings are as follows: First, learning orientation has a relatively positive effects on performance. Second, environmental turbulence shows a partial moderating effects on the relationship between learning orientation and performance. These findings suggest that learning orientation do exist as an important organizational cultural dimension that contributes to the acquisition of sustainable competitive advantage, and some restrictive factors of public organizations seem to inevitably disrupt the intrinsic necessity of learning in the railway organizations.

본 논문은 철도공기업의 학습지향성이 기업성과에 어떤 영향을 끼치는지, 그리고 환경격변성이 학습지 향성과 기업성과간의 관계를 조절하는지를 탐색적 수준에서 확인해보려는데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 4개 철도 조직으로부터 수거된 616부의 설문을 대상으로 단순 및 계층적 회귀분석을 수행하였다. 연구결과 학습지향 성이 기업성과에 미치는 뚜렷한 영향이 확인됨으로써 학습지향성이라는 조직문화요인이 개별적으로 기업의 성과에 영향을 주는 주요한 변수임을 확인할 수 있었다. 한편, 환경격변성은 학습지향성과 기업성과간의 관계를 부분적으로만 조절하고 있음이 발견되었는데, 이는 철도조직이 지닌 제반 공기업적 특성이 환경요인과 조직 학습간의 내재적 관계를 일정 부분 제약하고 있기 때문이다.

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