Research on Learning in Industrial Settings: Persistence Turnover, and Transfer

人们对组织中学习是如何发生的以及为什么发生的知之甚少， 它是否持续存在，以及如何转移它。拟议的研究 实证研究学习的持久性， 组织和跨组织的学习转移。 的 周转率在学习中的作用及其持续性也进行了研究。 这些分析是根据从一家航空航天公司收集的数据进行的 生产先进喷气式飞机的工业， 汽车工业中生产轻型卡车的公司。 研究 估计生产函数，包括变量，以评估 持久性、转移和劳动力更替在影响 生产过程的效率。 除了测试是否 学习是否持续，它是否转移，以及营业额是否 与学习速度相关，研究旨在开发一种 组织学习的理论模型， 解释了实证结果。 这项研究将推动科学 了解为什么学习会发生在组织中，以及它是否 持续和转移。 它应该对组织产生影响， 以提高他们的生产力，从而更有效地竞争。

Little is known about how and why learning occurs in organizations, whether it persists, and how to transfer it. The proposed research empirically investigates the persistence of learning within organizations and the transfer of learning across organizations. The role of turnover in learning and its persistence are also examined. The analyses are based on data collected from one firm in the aerospace industry producing an advanced jet and from three plants of the same firm in the automotive industry producing a light truck. The research estimates production functions with variables included to assess the importance of persistence, transfer and labor turnover in affecting the efficiency of the production process. In addition to testing whether learning persists, whether it transfers, and whether turnover is related to the rate of learning, the research aims to develop a theoretical model of learning in organizations that integrates and explains the empirical findings. The research will advance scientific knowledge about why learning occurs in organizations and whether it persists and transfers. It should have implications for organizations to improve their productivity and hence, compete more effectively.