Full-Service Restaurants as Learning Organizations: A Multiple-Site Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Boccia, Mark; Cseh, Maria
Titel	Full-Service Restaurants as Learning Organizations: A Multiple-Site Case Study
Quelle	In: Learning Organization, 28 (2021) 4, S.413-427 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0969-6474
DOI	10.1108/TLO-04-2020-0059
Schlagwörter	Dining Facilities; Employees; Administrators; Teamwork; Leadership Styles; Organizational Culture; Organizational Learning; Informal Education; Hospitality Occupations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mensa; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Führungsstil; Unternehmenskultur; Organisationslernen; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Gastgewerbegehilfe
Abstract	Purpose: This study aims to explore how Watkins and Marsick's learning organization framework was enacted in the practices, structures and policies of non-chain US restaurants. Design/methodology/approach: Data from this multiple-site case study were collected from 52 employees in three full-service restaurants from the dimensions of the learning organization questionnaire (DLOQ), focus group interviews, observations and document collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and constant comparative analysis. Findings: Interviews elucidated and confirmed DLOQ findings. Pre-shift briefings, managers' role-modeling and restaurant-generated documentation revealed employees' tacit learning. Continuously fostered experimentation and knowledge sharing promoted a learning culture. Experimentation differed across restaurants owing to different leadership approaches and organizational cultures. Research limitations/implications: Future research with subsegments of full-service restaurants having similar leadership approaches and organizational cultures, post COVID-19, and the applicability of the DLOQ to study learning in these types of restaurants both in the USA and in other countries is recommended. Practical implications: Restaurateurs should capitalize on continuous life and work experiences of employees and codify learning practices by incorporating reflections in learning in pre-shift briefings and by fostering a culture of experimentation and knowledge sharing. Originality/value: This study contributes to the learning organization literature by providing the first multiple-site case study account of learning practices in non-chain, full-service restaurants. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01