Impact of Organizational Learning Culture on School Improvement at Secondary Level

Abstract

Organizational learning culture is a key indicator of improving schools. The main purpose of this study was to examine the organizational learning culture through teachers’ perceptions on quality indicators and school improvement. Organizational learning culture consists of norms, beliefs, manners, and rituals that design the rules of thinking, approaches, and actions inside an organization and ultimately influence secondary schools' improvement. The researchers selected 723 male and female SSTs from 145 boys and girls secondary schools in Gujranwala division by using a multistage sampling technique. The School Improvement Questionnaire (SIQ) was developed by the researchers; its reliability (Cronbach Alpha) was established at 0.91. The Organizational Learning Culture Questionnaire (DLOQ) was adopted for the study. Linear regression was used to compute the association between organizational learning culture and school improvement, while independent samples t-test was applied to compare the mean score of male and female secondary school teachers on organizational learning culture and school improvement. The results showed a positive moderate effect of organizational learning culture on school improvement with (r2= 0.659, p=.000). The study results also indicated that male teachers perceived their learning culture significantly higher than their female counterparts. The study recommended that results of current study can be used to bring positive improvements in our public school system