Causal relationships between organizational learning and performance in Spanish Hotel Industry: the managers’ perception in times of economic crisis

The present empirical study aimed to analyse the ways in which Spanish hotel establishments learn and whether their hotel managers could improve their organisational performance with the implementation of a suitable learning process in a situation of economic crisis. After reviewing the literature,...

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Autores: Celemín Pedroche, Soledad, Rubio Andrada, Luis, Rodríguez Antón, José Miguel, Alonso Almeida, María del Mar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/709501
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/709501
https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJIL.2017.083401
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hotels
Hotels industry
Organisational performance
Organisational learning
Hotel management
Information technology
Firm performance
Hospitality industry
Spain
Manager perceptions
Financial crisis
Economic crisis
Structural equation modelling
Economía
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Sumario:The present empirical study aimed to analyse the ways in which Spanish hotel establishments learn and whether their hotel managers could improve their organisational performance with the implementation of a suitable learning process in a situation of economic crisis. After reviewing the literature, a structural equation model was developed based on a survey of 147 hotel establishments in the region of Madrid in order to contrast the proposed hypothesis. The results revealed that hotel establishments' managers can improve their performance through organisational learning, drawing information from both external and internal drivers thanks to the existence of cultural and technological enablers. The conclusions of the study contribute to the scientific understanding of the subject researched and at the same time may encourage hotel managers to regard organisational learning processes as a key element for improving performance