The Impact of Learning Organizations Dimensions on theOrganisational Performance:An Exploring Study of Saudi Universities

摘要

The education sector is crucial to any nation committed to building future human capital. The Higher Educationsector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is at the centre of transforming the nation's future in a radicalmove to end oil-dependency. But this is only possible if universities make a decisive change and start working aslearning organisations in all employee's levels. The present study investigates the direction of higher education inbecoming learning organisations. We collected data from 840 staff members in 20 public Saudi universities. Wedesigned a questionnaire exploring the seven dimensions of learning organisation found in the literature.Regression analyses were used to assess the impact of those dimensions on the organisational performance.Results showed that universities that adhered most to the learning organisation principles demonstrated a betterorganisational performance, particularly concerning research and knowledge performance. We recommend thatuniversities should (1) use change agents to help transform effectively and meet rising demands and (2), promotecontinuous learning for all employees to increase productivity.