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218 gap statements mined from Organizational Learning and Leadership papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 3,069 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • Future research should examine the long-term impacts of leadership styles, the role of digital tools, and cost-effective strategies for implementing innovation.

    School Innovation: Building a Culture Through Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement · 2025 · DOI

  • Future research should explore longitudinal designs and additional moderators to deepen understanding.

    Transforming Higher-Education-Intitutes: Impact of Change Management on Sustainable Performance Through Transformational Leadership and Knowledge Management · 2025 · DOI

  • The primary limitation of this study is its conceptual nature; the specific mechanisms through which subcultural characteristics (risk-taking orientation, psychological safety, rigidity toward failure) influence each stage of the sensemaking cycle (scanning, interpreting, action) and subsequently shape strategic learning capabilities have not yet been empirically quantified.

    Unpacking the Black Box: How Occupational Subculture and Sensemaking Drive Strategic Learning Capability · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a need to examine corporate learning as a multi-aspect phenomenon. It highlights the importance of corporate learning in continuous professional development.

    CORPORATE LEARNING: A MULTI-ASPECT APPROACH TO CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY · 2026 · DOI

  • The gap between the current state of Pesantren and the need for transformation in the era of globalization. The lack of studies on the practice of learning organization in Islamic boarding schools.

    Learning Organization Practices in Islamic Boarding Schools: Transforming Educational Culture and Institutional Performance · 2026 · DOI

  • The research highlights the need for further investigation into the role of learning organization in mediating the impact of knowledge management on organizational performance.

    Leveraging Knowledge Management for Public Sector Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Learning Organization · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a lack of knowledge about current examples of successful organizational learning projects. The research highlights the need for more studies on informal learning in the workplace.

    7 Models of Organizational Learning: Paradoxes and Best Practices in the Post-Industrial Workplace · 2026 · DOI

  • Many schools continue to face challenges such as limited collaboration, weak organizational systems, and inconsistent school climates. Gaps in professional development, leadership practices, and stakeholder engagement hinder the ability of schools to sustain effectiveness.

    Examining the Relationship of Learning Organization Dimensions and School Climate to School Effectiveness · 2026 · DOI

  • A key limitation concerns cross-national measurement invariance of the dependent variable: because only configural invariance was supported (and stronger forms such as metric/scalar invariance were not established), the identified associations should be interpreted as pooled-sample patterns rather than effects that operate identically across countries.

    A machine learning analysis of school-level drivers of organisational innovativeness · 2026 · DOI

  • The institutions are required to invest in the leadership development programs that foster empathy, vision, and inclusive decision-making to drive diversity and inclusion efforts in the institutions aimed at providing equal opportunities for development to employees that may lead towards success.

    THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON WORKPLACE DIVERSITY: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AS MEDIATOR · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of research on succession planning and the elements of an organisational learning structure that should be present for successful knowledge transfer. The study aims to address this gap by investigating how an organisational learning structure can contribute to knowledge transfer during changeovers.

    Organisational learning structures favour knowledge transfer in succession planning · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should investigate the causal relationships between barriers to learning and job satisfaction. Future research should explore the dynamic relationship between barriers to learning and turnover intention.

    Using a non-recursive model with feedback loops to identify barriers to learning as a dynamic construct in workplace learning · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in prior research on workplace learning, which has focused on factors that promote learning activities. The study highlights the need to consider barriers to learning in workplace learning.

    Using a non-recursive model with feedback loops to identify barriers to learning as a dynamic construct in workplace learning · 2026 · DOI

  • The joint impact of individualized learning and development and line managers' involvement on company performance has not been extensively studied. The study aims to address this research gap by investigating this relationship.

    Coaching and Mentoring as a Tool for Individualisation in Employee Learning and Development and Their Impact on Business Performance: The Mediating Role of Line Managers' Involvement in HR Processes Observed in Medium and Large Enterprises · 2026 · DOI

  • While both elements are recognized separately for their benefits, the joint impact of ILD and line managers' involvement (LMI) on overall company performance (CP), including productivity, innovation, and environmental effects, has not been extensively studied at the organizational level.

    Coaching and Mentoring as a Tool for Individualisation in Employee Learning and Development and Their Impact on Business Performance: The Mediating Role of Line Managers' Involvement in HR Processes Observed in Medium and Large Enterprises · 2026 · DOI

  • The paradox that organisations invest heavily in analytical technologies, but their measurable impact on strategic human capital decisions remains elusive. The gap in the HR analytics literature on how analytics generates organizational knowledge. The need to integrate dynamic capabilities theory, absorptive capacity, and organizational learning theory.

    HR Analytics as an Organizational Learning Capability: Dynamic Capabilities, Absorptive Capacity, And Double-Loop Learning · 2026 · DOI

  • The industry needs to develop its own model of the exhibition industry, resulting in diverse forms and modalities of trade fair events.

    Application of holistic management in the exhibition industry of the European Union and Serbia: trade fairs as learning organizations · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a research gap regarding the insufficient consideration of managerial and organizational aspects of trade fair events. The exhibition industry has been analyzed from the perspective of its technological infrastructure, while the organizational and managerial aspects are often neglected.

    Application of holistic management in the exhibition industry of the European Union and Serbia: trade fairs as learning organizations · 2026 · DOI

  • Staff shortages and limited faculty capacity are persistent challenges in many universities globally, particularly in low-and middle-income countries. The paper identifies the challenge of designing and delivering case-based learning in resource-constrained settings. The paper notes the challenge of creating a reusable, contextually relevant case bank in resource-constrained settings.

    Making case‐based learning work and why context matters · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of attention to how case-based learning is implemented and experienced in low-and middle-income countries and other resource-constrained settings. The paper identifies a gap in the literature regarding the significance of context in shaping the learning experience. The paper argues that there is a need to reconsider the design and delivery of case-based learning in resource-constrained settings.

    Making case‐based learning work and why context matters · 2026 · DOI

  • This study examines the effect of organizational learning (OL) on firm performance (Prf) in Ethiopian state-owned enterprises (SOEs), addressing a gap in the literature on developing economies.

    Organizational learning's effect on firm performance: Evidence from Ethiopian state-owned enterprises · 2026 · DOI

  • A critical but underexplored question is whether individuals’ leadership structure schemas (LSS) – the cognitive templates about how leadership is organized – are malleable.

    From vertical to horizontal leadership: changing leadership structure schemas through experiential learning · 2026 · DOI

  • Team Academy, known in Finnish as Tiimiakatemia, is a well-known method for team-based learning in education, but rarely studied as a tool for organisational development (OD).

    From groups to teams: applying Team Academy methodology in organisational development · 2026 · DOI

  • The mechanism by which analytical data become organizational knowledge and transform decision-making. The conversion process that absorptive capacity theory illuminates with precision.

    HR Analytics as an Organizational Learning Capability: Dynamic Capabilities, Absorptive Capacity, And Double-Loop Learning · 2026 · DOI

  • Through a qualitative study involving HR and non-HR employees that enabled a nuanced investigative approach, the paper addresses an important gap in the literature by shifting attention from designed HR practices that formally support and foster employee learning to employees’ interpretations of those practices and how these interpretations are reflected in their willingness to participate in detecting and reporting…

    Leading the emergence of organizational learning capabilities: integrating conditions and mechanisms · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) The lack of studies on the practice of learning organization in Islamic boarding schools (“Learning Organization Practices in Islamic Boarding Schools: Transforming…”, 2026); (2) The study identifies a lack of knowledge about current examples of successful organizational learning projects (“7 Models of Organizational Learning: Paradoxes and Best Practices in the…”, 2026); (3) There is a lack of research on succession planning and the elements of an organisational learning structure that should be present for successful knowledge transfer (“Organisational learning structures favour knowledge transfer in succession…”, 2026); (4) Future research should investigate the causal relationships between barriers to learning and job satisfaction (“Using a non-recursive model with feedback loops to identify barriers to…”, 2026); (5) The paradox that organisations invest heavily in analytical technologies, but their measurable impact on strategic human capital decisions remains elusive (“HR Analytics as an Organizational Learning Capability: Dynamic Capabilities,…”, 2026). 218 gap statements have been mined from Organizational Learning and Leadership papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 3,069 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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