The role of organizational learning in transformational leadership and organizational innovation

• Published in: Asia Pacific education review Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 621 - 631
• Main Authors: Hsiao, Hsi-Chi, Chang, Jen-Chia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2011; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; 교육연구소
• Subjects: Education; Educational Administration; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Instructional Innovation; Leadership; Organizational Learning; Postsecondary Education; Principals; Role; Structural Equation Models; Teaching Methods; Transformational Leadership; 교육학; Transformational leadership; Organizational innovation; Organizational learning
• ISSN: 1598-1037; 1876-407X
• DOI: 10.1007/s12564-011-9165-x

Leadership is an important factor affecting organizational innovation. Many studies show that transformational leadership has positive and significant influence on organizational innovation. Based on a literature review and previous work, this study aims to investigate the influence of transformational leadership on organizational innovation and to examine whether organizational learning is a mediator between their relationships. Structural equation modeling was used to test the model. The research sample consisted of 330 teachers in charge of administration in postsecondary schools. The findings of this study provide evidence that transformational leadership and organizational learning have significant positive relationship influence on organizational innovation. The research also demonstrates that there is significant effect on the role of mediation in organizational learning on the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational innovation. The study suggests that if school principals use the strategies of transformational leadership and organizational learning at the same time, organizational learning was highly effectiveness to achieve organizational innovation in the postsecondary schools.