The study is to investigate the relationship between organizational commitment level which is representing variables of organization effectiveness and to verify the moderating effects that affect the process of organizational learning readiness from d...
The study is to investigate the relationship between organizational commitment level which is representing variables of organization effectiveness and to verify the moderating effects that affect the process of organizational learning readiness from department store⋅hypermarket cultural center of lifelong education practitioner’s effect of self-directed learning ability on organizational commitment level. Specifically, First, measure individual's level of awareness to know about self-directed learning ability, organizational learning readiness and organizational commitment level of lifetime education practitioner’s at department store⋅hypermarket cultural center. Second, the purpose of this study is to examine department store⋅hypermarket cultural center practitioner’s control effectiveness of organizational learning readiness from the self-directed learning ability relationship and organizational commitment level through the evaluation of the relationship between self-directed learning ability, organizational learning readiness and organizational commitment level of continuing education practitioner’s at department store⋅hypermarket cultural center. Based on this analysis, will introduce suggestion to improve organization learning level and direct learning ability of lifetime education staff also through this will suggest that can improve the organizational effectiveness.
The target for this study was 325 practitioners in cultural center of department store⋅hypermarket and 321 final data excluding 4 insincere and missing value ones, were used for analysis.
The results of this study are as follows:
First, the analysis results of perceived level about self-directed learning ability for department store⋅hypermarket cultural center practitioner’s showed in order of learning resource utilization⋅management, learning environment, self-concept, course management, learning motivation, learning outcomes evaluation and learning activities persistence. And the result of examining each group, permanent employee group indicated higher recognition of self-directed learning ability to use and manage learning outcomes assesment, persistence learning activities and learning resources than contract worker group. Thus, department store⋅hypermarket cultural center practitioner’s should improve self learning ability through self directed learning activities and should make evaluation system that can recognize and reward performance which will help to enhance the effectiveness of organization. Also to improve contract employees’ self-directed learning ability should provide back up of support, working conditions, composition, and the expansion of educational opportunities, etc for self-development to activate the elf-directed learning skills.
Second, as a analysis results of department store⋅hypermarket cultural center’s perceived level of organizational learning readiness showed in order of team structure, organizational culture, information and communication, assessment, leadership, systems and structures. Therefore, to promote the enabling organizational learning from department store⋅hypermarket cultural center manager should support continuing education officer of voluntary learning and encouragement to try new and challenge. Will need leadership to support long-term changes, avoided the organization's existing formalistic organizational culture, and will require organization at the level of care and attention so the organization members can participate general educational activities and tasks perform to become a participatory and innovative organizational culture.
Third, as a analysis result of perceived level about organizational commitment level for department store⋅hypermarket cultural center practitioner’s showed in order of affective commitment, normative commitment, and continuance commitment. The result of examining each group, long employment years of field indicated higher recognition of organizational commitment level in affective commitment and normative commitment than with shorter years employment. Therefore, to improve department store⋅hypermarket cultural center practitioner’s organizational commitment level, should conduct variety access of core value education, develope appropriate organization program and have a reward system so members can have some attachment at organization to think as a family member and should consider organization’s problem just like theirs to be able to match the value of the individual and organization.
Forth, as a result of correlation between self-directed learning ability, organizational learning readiness and organizational commitment level for department store⋅hypermarket cultural center practitioner’s, between the two positive correlation was appeared. If organizational learning readiness improve than organization member’s self-directed learning ability also can be improved. In other words, if the organization has supportive and participative culture to share and communicate knowledge with others and has a supportive leader to create learning conditions, like those factors will facilitate organizational learning to improve self-directed learning ability. Therefore, department store⋅hypermarket cultural center should improve the organizational culture to create environment of ability to exert self-directed learning then lifetime practitioner’s professionalism and competency development department store⋅hypermarket cultural center of learning organization building will also have a positive effect.
For the last, as a result to verify the moderating effects of organizational learning readiness at the relationship of organizational commitment level affected by self-directed learning ability, research model of freedom model was dominant. From the group with a high degree of organizational learning readiness showed greater than the effect on organizational commitment level rather than with low level of organizational learning readiness group was confirmed. From this research, comprehensively investigated on relationship between self-directed learning ability, organizational learning readiness and organizational commitment level when the previous studies have been examined individually only. And can give a meaningful that through above proved moderating effects on organizational learning readiness from the effect of self-directed learning ability in organizational commitment level. In addition, according to this result, should enhance the organization learning readiness of the department store⋅hypermarket cultural center itself to reinforce the self-directed learning ability of department store⋅hypermarket lifetime representative so in order to enhance the contribution to organizational effectiveness.