The Effect of Organizational Learning on Job Alienation: A Study in the Tourism Industry
Abstract
In order to overcome the challenging competitive conditions, information and information personnel that can obtain the information has been one of the indispensable tools for organizations in recent years. Organizations are working hard to ensure that accurate information can be obtained, interpreted, and shared in a timely manner to create such an environment. Thus, an appropriate organizational structure is created such as a learning organization. However, various reasons cause employees to alienate towards work, and their work becomes meaningless for the alienated employee. Especially in classical organizations with a formal structure, the number of alienated employees is quite high. Therefore, this research aims to examine how organizational learning affects job alienation.
According to the results of this study conducted with 363 hotel workers who participated in the study, commitment to learning, shared vision and open-mindedness, which are sub-dimensions of organizational learning, have significantly and negatively affected job alienation.
Keywords
Commitment to Learning, , Shared Vision , Open-Mindedness , Job Alienation
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