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Training and performance: The mediating role of organizational learning

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Although there is a general recognition in the literature that training improves a firm's performance, empirical research does not always provide evidence to support this effect. One possible explanation is that training does not have a direct effect on performance but an indirect effect by improving other organizational outcomes. This paper suggests that organizational learning is one of those variables and that it mediates the relationship between training and performance and that the adoption of a learning-oriented training enhances performances through its positive effect on organizational learning. Using a sample of Spanish firms we obtain empirical evidence, which supports the view that this mediating effect is present.

Source: BRQ Business Research Quarterly

DOI: 10.1016/j.cede.2013.05.003

Authors: María Isabel Barba Aragón, Daniel Jiménez Jiménez, Raquel Sanz Valle

Institution: Universidad de Murcia

Language: English

Topic: Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation

Subfield: Applied Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: hybrid

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