Impact of Employees Learning Organization Culture on Organizational Performance: Evidence From Commercial Banks in Lagos State, Nigeria

Dayo Idowu Akintayo, Isola Oyelekan Ayantunji, Kolawole Sunday Ajibola, Racheal Titilayo Adewole

Abstract


This study assessed the impact of employees learning organization culture on organizational performance in the banking industry in Lagos State. The objectives of the study were to examine the attitude of employees towards the adoption of organizational learning culture in the banking industry in Lagos State, to determine the influence of organizational learning culture on the organizational performance in the banking industry in Lagos State, to determine the challenges militating against organizational learning culture in the banking industry in Lagos State. Furthermore, the data was obtained from primary sources and was analyzed, hypotheses formulated were tested. The result indicates that employees learning organizational culture significantly have an impact on organizational performance in the banking industry in Lagos State. The result of the hypothesis revealed that there was a significant contribution of learning organizational culture to employee’s performance (R2=.546, F1, 249=170.293, p<.05). The first research hypothesis was supported by the result of the study. Therefore, there was a significant contribution to learning organization culture to employee’s organizational performance in the banking industry. The second hypothesis showed clearly that there was a positive correlation between learning organizational culture and employee’s organizational performance [r =.739**, p<.05]. Therefore, the second hypothesis was supported by the result of the study and concluded that there was a significantly positive correlation between learning organizational culture and employee’s organizational performance in the banking industry. The study also found that there is a significant difference between male and female respondents’ perceptions of organizational performance based on learning organizational culture. Based on the findings, the study recommended that management should examine the attitude of employees towards the adoption of the organizational learning culture.

 


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Employees learning; Organization culture; Organizational performance

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