Employee Learning Theories and Their Organizational Applications

Abdussalaam Iyanda Ismail ； Abdul-Halim Abdul-Majid ； Hammed Oluwaseyi Musibau

《Academic Journal of Economic Studies》 3卷4期 (2017/12) Pp. 96-104

摘要

Empirical evidence identifies that organizational success hinges on employees with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities and that employees’ effectiveness at learning new skills and knowledge is connected with the kind of learning technique the organization adopts. Given this, this work explored employee learning theories and their organizational applications. Using farreaching literature survey and extensive theoretical and logical argument and exposition. This paper revealed that cognitive-based approaches, non-cognitive approach and need-based approaches play vital roles in shrinking the occurrence of unwanted behaviors and upturning the occurrence of desired behaviors in the organization. Proper application of the theories can induce positive employee behaviors such as task performance and organizational citizenship behavior and consequently enhance both individual and organizational performance. This work has hopefully contributed to the enrichment of the existing relevant literature and served as a useful guide for stakeholders on how they can stimulate positive employee behaviors and the consequent enhanced organizational performance.

關鍵字

Employee learning ； employee behavior ； employee development ； human resource development ； learning theory ； need theory ； cognitive theory