Purpose: The changing landscape of higher education demands enhancing organizational performance to meet evolving needs, including technological advancements, diverse demographics and global competition. This study aims to examine the impact of knowledge-centered culture (KCC) and absorptive capacity (AC) on driving organizational performance,…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze reported good institutional responsible research and innovation (RRI) practices from an organizational and learning perspective to discuss the usefulness of RRI as a broad umbrella concept. Design/methodology/approach: This study connects neo-institutional and translation accounts of diffusion to…

Purpose: This study aims to examine publishing patterns regarding the incorporation of organizational learning in philanthropic organizations. Design/methodology/approach: This study conducts a quantitative bibliometric analysis using Scopus database data from 1997 to 2024. The search terms "organizational learning" combined with…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to propose a model of knowledge legitimation in organizational learning focusing on the relationship between power politics and legitimacy. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopts the approach of a conceptual discussion. Findings: This study developed an organizational learning model that explains how…

Purpose: There is a clear gap in the literature regarding the factors that determine social conductivity (extent of interactions) in project relationships. This study aims to use social capital theory to answer the research question -- What factors determine social conductivity in project relationships? Design/methodology/approach: In the study,…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which the concept of learning organization can support the embedding of responsible innovation (RI) in organizations. Design/methodology/approach: Based on literature in the fields of corporate social responsibility, learning organizations and quadruple helix collaborations, the…

Purpose: Open innovation is a critical source of competitive differentiation within the hospitality industry. However, open innovation remains underexplored in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and there is a dearth of knowledge about open innovation processes and mechanisms in the hospitality industry. This study aims to address this lacuna by…

Purpose: In the present competing environment, it is essential to understand how some information technology (IT) organizations do well and outperform others. This paper aims to assess the impact of the learning disciplines proposed by Peter Senge (1990) on the performance of IT organizations. The study also aims to find the impact of…

Purpose: In the era of hyper-competitiveness, firms, especially project-based management structures, have to focus on ideas for both new and existing sets of products and services, i.e. ambidextrous innovation. The ambidextrous innovation can be helpful, but achieving such a level is a problem to be solved. This study aims to yield ambidextrous…

Purpose: Organizations will be key to realizing the "transformative change for humanity" now being called for. However, the complexity calls for new ways of facilitating change and organizational learning; it also calls for moving beyond sustainability to develop practices that restore and regenerate the world in which we live. Above…

Purpose: Policy-oriented responsibility initiatives are institutional attempts to make innovations more responsible. One such initiative is offered by the European Commission's responsible research and innovation (RRI) keys (public engagement, gender equality, science education, open access and ethics). This study is conducted in the context of an…

Purpose: This paper aims to further our understanding of policy-practice gaps in organizations from an organizational learning perspective. The authors conceptualize and analyze policy-practice gaps in terms of what they label the "dual challenge of organizational learning," i.e. the organizational tasks of both adapting ongoing…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of humble leadership on project success. In addition, we examine the mediating effect of organisational learning on the relationship between humble leadership and the success of international development projects. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopted a quantitative research…

Purpose: Despite the growing interest in the study of authentic leadership, there is little empirical evidence of the consequences of this type of leadership for companies. On the other hand, the mediating variables that may explain these results have not been explored in depth either. Although the academic literature suggests, from a theoretical…

Purpose: The purpose of this two-part study is to systematically review, analyze and critically synthesize the current state of empirical research on knowledge loss induced by organizational member turnover (KLT). Design/methodology/approach: A systematic literature review was conducted based on 91 empirical studies on KLT. Findings: Part I of the…