A Research on the Effect of Self-Leadership on Organizational Learning in General Aviation Companies

In this century, it is evident that traditional leadership theories did not have a positive effect on employees. In this context, organizations' perspective on leadership has increased with each passing day with a further understanding of the importance of contemporary leadership approaches from the past to the present. One of these contemporary leadership theories is the self-leadership approach. The self-leadership approach is about directing and motivating employees toward their goals. There are many different ways of attitudes, behaviors, and perceptions created by this type of leadership on employees. One of these perceptions is organizational learning. Accordingly, this study aims to determine the effect of self-leadership on organizational learning. In the study, analysis was carried on the data obtained from 311 white-collar employees working in general aviation companies in Turkey and determined by purposive sampling method. In the study, face-to-face data were collected using the survey technique. In addition, SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 24.0 programs were used while testing the data. As a result of the study, it was found that there is a positive and significant relationship between self-leadership and organizational learning. It was concluded that behavior-focused strategies and natural reward strategies have a significant and positive effect on the commitment to learning, natural reward strategies and constructive thought pattern strategies on the shared vision, behavior-focused strategies and constructive thought pattern strategies on open-mindedness, behavior-focused strategies, natural reward strategies, and constructive thought pattern strategies on intra-organizational knowledge sharing. As a result of these analyses, it can be expected that organizational managers, researchers, and the business environment will have a quantitative and qualitative perspective on the subject as a result of evaluating the effects of these variables on each other.