Strategic Leadership and Organizational Learning

• Published in: The Academy of Management review Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 222 - 240
• Main Authors: Vera, Dusya, Crossan, Mary
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Briarcliff Manor Academy of Management 01-04-2004
• Subjects: Business management; Business studies; Chief executive officers; Cultural groups; Executives; Leadership; Leadership style; Learning; Learning motivation; Learning procedures; Learning strategies; Managers; Organization theory; Organizational culture; Organizational learning; Organizational structure; Positive feedback; Strategic management; Studies; Transactional analysis; United States > US
• ISSN: 0363-7425; 1930-3807
• DOI: 10.2307/20159030

Adopting the strategic leadership perspective, we develop a theoretical model of the impact of CEO and top manager leadership styles and practices on organizational learning. We take a fine-grained look at the processes and levels of organizational learning to describe how strategic leaders influence each element of the learning system. Researchers have implicitly assumed transformational leadership approaches to organizational learning. We challenge this conventional wisdom by highlighting the value of transactional leadership as well.