IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ids/ijmede/v5y2008i4p462-483.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Learning organisation disciplines and internet usage: an empirical study from Malaysia

Author

Listed:
  • Abd Rahim Mohd Fairuz
  • Siong Choy Chong
  • Kok-Wai Chew

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between Senge's five Learning Organisation (LO) disciplines and internet usage using the survey method. Data was collected from managers of 88 Information Technology (IT) companies in Malaysia via self-administered questionnaires. The statistical results reveal that the type of internet applications utilised by the companies is significantly related to personal mastery, shared vision, team learning and systems thinking. The purposes of internet usage are significantly related to personal mastery, mental models and shared vision, while benefits of internet usage has significant relationship with shared vision only. The managerial implications of these results are discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Abd Rahim Mohd Fairuz & Siong Choy Chong & Kok-Wai Chew, 2008. "Learning organisation disciplines and internet usage: an empirical study from Malaysia," International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(4), pages 462-483.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmede:v:5:y:2008:i:4:p:462-483
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=18762
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ids:ijmede:v:5:y:2008:i:4:p:462-483. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sarah Parker (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=89 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.