The Impact of Organizational Learning on Corporate Sustainability and Strategy Formulation with the Moderating Effect of Industry Type

摘要

While numerous previous research studies focused on topics on organizational learning and corporate sustainability as separate areas of interest, there is a lack of literature investigating the interrelationships between these two subjects so far especially in Turkish context. Understanding the link between these two concepts is vital to answer the question of how organizations can benefit from organizational learning in their efforts toward sustainable development as a part of the corporate strategy. This study investigates the relationships between organizational learning (OL) and corporate environmentalism (CE) from the perspective of organizational members in business companies in Turkish context. We found that learning stocks and learning flows both had a positive impact on environmental orientation in Turkish corporate setting. However, neither of the organizational learning dimensions, i.e. learning stocks and learning flows, was found to have a significant relationship with environmental strategy focus.