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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to (1) examine a learning organizations effects on knowledge performance, adaptive performance, and financial performance and the relationships among them and (2) identify correlations in measures of knowledge performance and adaptive performance; and thus seek to validate the knowledge performance and adaptive performance constructs. This study employed a survey that consists of 43 items of a learning organization, 6 items of financial performance, and 6 items of knowledge performance from the Dimensions of a Learning Organization Questionnaire (DLQO) and 6 adapted items of adaptive performance from several empirical studies. All data were collected from April to May, 2016 using Amazon Mechanical Turk (N = 560). This study applied factor analysis and structural equation modeling analysis and used Mplus.The results supported most of the research hypotheses of this study: (1) a learning organization has a positive effect on knowledge performance (z-score = .81, p < .001); (2) a learning organization has a positive effect on adaptive performance (z-score = .74, p < .001); (4) knowledge performance has a positive effect on financial performance (z-score = .59, p < .001); (5) adaptive performance has a positive effect on financial performance (z-score = .36, p < .001); (6) knowledge performance mediates the positive relationship between a learning organization and financial performance (z-score = .47, p < .001); (7) adaptive performance mediates the positive relationship between a learning organization and financial performance (z-score = .26, p < .001); and (8) knowledge performance and adaptive performance are correlated to each other (r = .80, p < .01). Hypothesis (3), a learning organization has a positive effect on financial performance, was not supported. This study reiterated the significance of a learning organization. In particular, the results suggested that a learning organization positively and indirectly affects financial performance through knowledge performance and adaptive performance, which implies the importance of learning in facilitating both intangible and tangible performance. Although this study validated the knowledge performance and adaptive performance constructs, more empirical studies are recommended to unveil the essence of organizational performance.