学习敏锐度:概念、测量、研究进展与热点争议

A Literature Review of Learning Agility: Its Conceptualization, Measurement, Research Progress and Unsolved Questions

学习敏锐度指个体从经验中学习,并将其所学运用于新的陌生性环境的意愿和能力,其提出目的在于测评组织内领导型人才的发展潜能,为当今处于动态复杂商业环境下的组织鉴别未来的领导者提供借鉴。现有实证研究已表明学习敏锐度对领导潜能辨识及晋升后绩效有较好的预测效度,实践派多认为其亦可作为领导力开发的理论与工具基础。由于学习敏锐度概念的提出具有浓重的应用管理背景,实践应用与理论研究并未对其有全面的一致认识,并伴有深刻的理论争论。未来研究需进一步明确学习敏锐度的概念边界、属性、有效的研究用测量工具及作用机制等方面。

Learning agility is defined as the willingness and ability to learn new competencies in order to perform well under first-time, tough, or different conditions. It is proposed as an instrument to measure the leadership potential, and can help organizations in today＇ s dynamic and complex business environments to identify their future leaders. Current empirical studies have indicated its predictive validity as a prime indicator of leadership potential and performance after promotion. Practitioners value its effectiveness as a theoretical and instrumental foundation of leadership development. Whereas theorists and practitioners have not reached a complete consensus on the cognition of learning agility yet, owing to the application-orientation attribute in its initial definition and introduction. A wide range of aspects of learning agility are intensely argued by researchers from different school of research. Future research could contribute the literature by clarifying the conceptual boundary and attributes, developing research-oriented instruments, and by exploring the underlying mechanism of learning agility.