 Unpacking the relationships between learning mechanisms, culture types, and plant performanceHung-Chung Su and Yi-Su Chen International Journal of Production Economics, 2013, vol. 146, issue 2, 728-737 Abstract: This study examines relationships between two learning mechanisms—conceptual learning and operational learning—and plant performance. It examines the individual and mediation effects of these two learning mechanisms on plant performance. It also examines the effects of individualism/collectivism cultural dimension on learning mechanisms. Based on a survey sample of 162 manufacturing plants, results of this study provide empirical evidence for the positive individual effects of operational learning and conceptual learning on plant performance. Further, operational learning mediates the effect of conceptual learning on plant performance. More interestingly, this study found that the indirect effect of conceptual learning is stronger under a collectivism culture than individualism culture. We conclude this study by discussing theoretical and managerial implications pertaining to the effects of learning mechanisms and cultural context on plant performance. Keywords: Organizational learning; Plant performance; Culture; Moderated mediation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:proeco:v:146:y:2013:i:2:p:728-737 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.08.029 Access Statistics for this article International Journal of Production Economics is currently edited by Stefan Minner More articles in International Journal of Production Economics from Elsevier |
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