Effects of goal orientation and unlearning on individual exploration activities

IF 2.1 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of Workplace Learning Pub Date : 2022-08-04 DOI:10.1108/jwl-02-2022-0022

Satoshi Tanaka

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Abstract

Purpose Although individual exploration activities have been shown to promote organizational change and innovation, few studies have clarified the factors that quantitatively promote such aspects. This study aims to examine how individual exploration activities are facilitated by goal orientation and individual unlearning. Design/methodology/approach The data are analyzed from 1,474 employees in various jobs in a variety of organizations in Japan. This study uses structural equation modeling to test the research model. Findings The results of this study indicate three findings. First, unlearning is effective in promoting individual exploration activities. Second, goal orientation has not only a direct effect on individual exploration activities but also a significant indirect effect on such activities through unlearning. Third, performance goal orientation has an inhibitory effect on individual exploration activities. Practical implications Managers should encourage team members’ exploration activities by setting learning goals for members and providing opportunities for members to unlearn the outdated knowledge or skills they are familiar with and learn new ones. Originality/value These findings contribute to the existing literature by demonstrating that learning goal orientation and unlearning play important roles in promoting individual exploration activities.

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目标导向和遗忘对个体探索活动的影响

目的尽管个人探索活动已被证明能促进组织变革和创新，但很少有研究阐明在数量上促进这些方面的因素。本研究旨在考察目标导向和个人遗忘是如何促进个人探索活动的。设计/方法论/方法这些数据来自于日本各种组织中1474名从事各种工作的员工。本研究采用结构方程模型对研究模型进行检验。发现这项研究的结果表明了三个发现。首先，遗忘对促进个人探索活动是有效的。第二，目标定向不仅对个体探索活动有直接影响，而且通过遗忘对个体探索行为也有显著的间接影响。第三，绩效目标取向对个体探索活动具有抑制作用。实际含义经理应通过为成员设定学习目标，并为成员提供机会，让他们忘记熟悉的过时知识或技能，学习新知识或技能来鼓励团队成员的探索活动。原创性/价值这些发现通过证明学习目标导向和遗忘在促进个人探索活动中发挥重要作用，对现有文献做出了贡献。

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Journal of Workplace Learning EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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3.60

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10.50%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Workplace Learning aims to provide an avenue for the presentation and discussion of research related to the workplace as a site for learning. Its scope encompasses formal, informal and incidental learning in the workplace for individuals, groups and teams, as well as work-based learning, and off-the-job learning for the workplace. This focus on learning in, from and for the workplace also brings with it questions about the nature of interventions that might assist the learning process and of the roles of those responsible directly or indirectly for such interventions. Since workplace learning cannot be considered without reference to its context, another aim of the journal is to explore the organisational, policy, political, resource issues and other factors which influence how, when and why that learning takes place.