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Factors in Organizational Learning

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Many studies have been conducted to identify the influencing factors of OL process and effectiveness. Among the many OL influencing factors, individual and interpersonal factors may be of the most important for some organizations in certain operational environments. In this chapter, how OL process is affected by individual and organizational factors are discussed.

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  1. School of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

    Kris M. Y. Law

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    Chris R. Cao

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Law, K.M.Y., Cao, C.R. (2020). Factors in Organizational Learning. In: Law, K., Chuah, K. (eds) Project Action Learning (PAL) Guidebook: Practical Learning in Organizations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23997-8_3

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