Learning-Oriented Leadership in Organizations: An Integrative Review of Qualitative Studies

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Wallo, Andreas, Lundqvist, Daniel and Coetzer, Alan. 2024. "Learning-Oriented Leadership in Organizations: An Integrative Review of Qualitative Studies ." Human Resource Development Review. 23 (2), pp. 230-275. https://doi.org/10.1177/15344843241239723
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Learning-Oriented Leadership in Organizations: An Integrative Review of Qualitative Studies

ERA Journal ID19326
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsWallo, Andreas, Lundqvist, Daniel and Coetzer, Alan
Journal TitleHuman Resource Development Review
Journal Citation23 (2), pp. 230-275
Number of Pages46
Year2024
PublisherSAGE Publications Ltd
Place of PublicationUnited States
ISSN1534-4843
1552-6712
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/15344843241239723
Web Address (URL)https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15344843241239723
AbstractRecent societal challenges highlight the importance of learning in organizations. Nurturing employee learning requires leaders who prioritize learning-oriented leadership. While many studies have used qualitative methods to study how this leadership is performed in daily work, there have been no previous attempts to synthesize this body of research. This paper presents a framework based on a review of 38 qualitative papers on how leaders facilitate workplace learning. The framework identifies two elements of leadership: direct leadership behaviors, which involve supporting, educating, making demands, and role modelling, and indirect leadership behaviors, which facilitate learning through building a learning climate, influencing work organization, freeing up resources for learning, and encouraging knowledge dissemination. The review finds that situational factors shape learning-oriented leadership, and that this leadership involves the deployment of activities located on a planned-spontaneous continuum to facilitate learning. Longitudinal studies across professional groups and contexts will deepen our understanding of this concept.
Keywordshuman resource development; learning-oriented leadership; eadership for learning; leader as facilitator of learning; workplace learning
Contains Sensitive ContentDoes not contain sensitive content
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020350707. Leadership
Byline AffiliationsLinkoping University, Sweden
University of Southern Queensland
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