Determining the relationship between organizational learning and the employees' career job adaptability in Mahan-e-Sepahan steel company

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between the organizational learning and the employees' job career adaptability in Mahan-Sepahan steel company. Research method was descriptive-correlational study and the population included all 291 employees of Mahan-e-Sepahan steel company. The statistical sample size through Kerjis and Morgan (1970) table was assessed 175; however, the returned questionnaires were 152 cases. In order to select the employees the method of stratified random sampling appropriate for male and female statistical population was applied. The measurement instruments included Savikas (2007) 20-items questionnaire of job career adaptability with the reliability coefficient between 0.86 to 0.80 and the reliability of 0.70, and Fross (2003)16-item questionnaire of organizational learning with the validity and reliability coefficient of 0.80 and 0.83 respectively. In order to carry out the inferential data analysis the statistical methods of regression analysis, and correlation coefficient were applied. The observed "r" at p?0.05 showed the significant positive correlation between the organizational learning and job career adaptability and the components of job career concerns, curiosity, trust in the employees' job career in Mahan-e-Sepahan steel company.

Keywords: organizational learning, job career adaptability, employees, Mahan–e- Sepahan steel company