Managers’ exploration activities and individual unlearning: the mediating role of learning orientation and reflection |
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Authors: | Makoto Matsuo |
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Institution: | 1. Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japanmmatsuo@econ.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | AbstractThe main goal of this study was to investigate the effects of managers’ exploration activities on learning orientation, reflection, and unlearning of team members. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 115 employees in 23 teams from a Japanese pharmaceutical company. The results of multi-level analyses suggest that managers’ exploration activities had a direct influence on team members’ learning orientations, which subsequently had a positive influence on their unlearning, with and without the mediation of reflection. These findings suggest that a subordinate’s unlearning is driven by managers’ activities through motivational and cognitive processes. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Manager’s exploration activities unlearning learning orientation reflection multi-level analysis |
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