The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of
self-directed learning ability between the levels of learning organization
readiness and organizational commitment. To this end, a survey research has
been conducted through posing a question to the employees in 11 HRD
companies in Korea. The target for this study was 390 employees in HRD
companies, and 356 final data excluding 34 insincere and missing value ones,
were used for analysis.
In the analysis of the relationship among the levels of the learning
organization readiness, self-directed learning ability, and organizational
commitment, learning organization readiness had both direct and indirect
influence on organizational commitment through self-directed learning ability.
Self-directed learning ability had direct influence on organizational commitment.
It means the following: The higher the learning organization readiness is, the
higher the self-directed learning ability is. In addition, the higher the
self-directed learning ability is, the higher organizational commitment level is.
The findings propose a direction to improve organizational effectiveness and
provide an important data for future research on HRD field.