Exploring and Measuring Organizational Learning Capability and Competitive Advantage of Petroleum Industry Firms

Author(s)

N. Akhtar
R. A. Khan
Bahaudin Mujtaba, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

ORCID

Bahaudin Mujtaba0000-0003-1615-3100

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

International Business and Management

ISSN

1993-5250

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Abstract/Excerpt

Organizational learning is important in today’s dynamic and discontinuous environment of change.This study attempts to test the theoretical underpinning that organizational learning is related to competitive advantage. Through personal interviews and mailed surveys, 94 responses from employees of the petroleum industry were used in the regression analysis. Empirical findings show that theoretically assumed dimensions of the learning organization and organizational learning contribute significantly towards the achievement of competitive advantage. Multiple regression analysis showed the existence of significant relationships between seven independent variables and the dependent variable of competitive advantage. Strategic thinking and team learning explained 59.2% and 22.3% of variance respectively in achieving a competitive advantage. A discussion of the results along with implications and recommendations are provided.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3968/j.ibm.1923842820130601.1170

Volume

6

Issue

1

First Page

89

Last Page

103

NSUWorks Citation

Akhtar, N.; Khan, R. A.; and Mujtaba, Bahaudin, "Exploring and Measuring Organizational Learning Capability and Competitive Advantage of Petroleum Industry Firms" (2013). HCBE Faculty Articles. 263.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/263