A STUDY ON RELATIONSHIP AMONG LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, THE OPERATION OF LEARNING ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES JOB SATISFACTION

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship among leadership, organizational culture, the operation of learning organization and employees' job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative research design was employed. A total of 1,000 questionnaires were mailed out and received 134 valid replies.Findings – The research results indicate that the various operation extents of learning organization have significant difference under the dimensions of leadership, organizational culture and the operation of learning organization. Both leadership and organizational culture can positively and significantly affect the operation of learning organization. In addition, the operation of learning organizations has a significantly positive effect on employees' job satisfaction.Research limitations/implications – Although this research is adopted with questionnaire investigation and concise questions to the best of one's ability it is still not known whether the respondents ca...

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