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Organizational learning and Gen Y employees’ affective commitment: The mediating role of competency development and moderating role of strategic leadership

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

Mohammad F Naim  and
Usha Lenka
Mohammad F Naim*
Affiliation:
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, India
Usha Lenka
Affiliation:
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
*
Corresponding author: mfaraznaim@yahoo.com
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Abstract

The present study is aimed at investigating the impact of strategic leadership on the affective commitment of Gen Y employees working in the Indian IT industry. Also, the link between organizational learning and affective commitment is examined alongwith the effect of competency development in mediating the relationship between them. A primary data were collected from a sample of 356 Gen Y employees (born between 1980 and 2000) from IT industry in Delhi, NCR India. Data analysis was carried out using CFA and an SPSS macro named PROCESS. Findings reveal that organizational learning has a direct influence on the affective commitment of Gen Y employees and competency development mediates the relationship between the two; also strategic leadership positively moderates the linkage of organizational learning and competency development. This study contributes to the literature on strategic leadership, organizational learning, competency development, and affective commitment.

Keywords

Gen Ystrategic leadershiporganizational learningcompetency developmentaffective commitment
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Research Article
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Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , September 2020 , pp. 815 - 831
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2018

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