Develops and validates a measure of organizationallearning orientation within small firms, and investigates the relationshipbetween a firm's organizational learning orientation and its performance. Aftera review of relevant literature, data from three separate surveys are used totest the many...

In the literature, relationship oriented firms are being advised to exploit organizational learning as a route through which to acquire the knowledge required to survive in rapidly changing and/or highly competitive markets. There is, however, only limited anecdotal evidence of the positive...