PERAN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP DALAM ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: LITERATURE REVIEW
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This paper aims to investigate how the relationship between Transformational
leadership style and learning organization (OL))/learning organization
(LO)/learning organization (OL) is measured in the literature. This systematic
literature review analyzes peer-reviewed publications. English which examines
the relationship between leadership and Organizational Learning (OL)
empirically. A total of 27 articles have been found in 42 journals. This paper
provides a holistic view of transformational leadership that has been linked to
Organizational Learning (OL) in various countries and industries. Research
methods from the literature were also examined.
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