TY - JOUR T1 - Investigating the Impact of a Learning Organization on Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Commitment AU - Suifan, Taghrid Saleh AU - Allouzi, Rania Abdel Razzaq JO - International Business Management VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 230 EP - 237 PY - 2018 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2018.230.237 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2018.230.237 KW - organizational performance KW -organizational commitment KW -Learning organization KW -personal mastery KW -mental models KW -building shared vision KW -team learning KW -systems thinking KW -affective commitment KW -normative commitment KW -continuance commitment AB - This research aims to investigate the impact of employees organizational commitment as a mediating variable between a learning organization and organizational performance among insurance companies in Jordan. A simple random sample was taken of employees of the 20 insurance companies in Jordan that are listed in the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). Of the 327 distributed questionnaires, 302 were returned and analyzed using SPSS. The results show that organizational commitment mediates the relationship between a learning organization and organizational performance. In addition, a learning organization has a critical role in determining organizational commitment and performance. The results suggest that insurance companies that are operating as learning organizations should take organizational commitment into account to improve their performance. Thus, the research provides a basic methodology for further investigations of the relationship between a learning organization and organizational performance and the mediating role of organizational commitment. ER -