The Effect of Learning Organization Activities of Members of an Organization on Their Innovative Behavior-Comparative Analysis of the Effect among Employees of Different Workplaces

This paper is an empirical research on the effect of learning organization activities of members of organization on their knowledge management activities and innovative behavior.

The survey was conducted to employees of three big companies in service, manufacturing, and IT industries. Based on the survey data, this research comparatively examined the relationship among variables.

In all kinds of work places-service, manufacturing, and IT companies-learning organization activities of organizational members have significant effects on knowledge management activities and innovative behavior, and knowledge management activities have significant effects on innovative behavior. There were some differences in the size of effects among workers in different work places. In the effect of learning organization activities on innovative behavior, the manufacturing company was the biggest among three work places; in the effect of knowledge management activities on innovative behavior, the IT Company was the biggest; in the effect of learning organization activities on innovative behavior, the manufacturing company was the biggest.

This research discussed the differences in the effect of learning organization activities on organizational members in different workplaces and the relations among variables, and suggested the causes of them.