Developing Organizational Learning in Universities Based on Appreciative Leadership

Document Type : Research Article

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Department of Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, University of Tehran, College of Farabi, Qom

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Purpose: Today, universities are facing increasingly complex conditions that require new leadership approaches to human capital in order to release its potential and talents of their human capital and to develop organizational learning. The purpose of this research is to identify the methods of developing organizational learning based on appreciative leadership. Method: This research was conducted in a qualitative method using the grounded theory strategy, the emergent approach (Glazer), and with an exploratory nature. The statistical population of the research consisted of experts, faculty members and managers of public universities. The research data were collected using purposive sampling and snowball technique, based on in-depth interviews with 18 individuals, and analyzed using the theme analysis method. Findings: The coding process yielded 55 subcategories and 21 main categories, structured along three axes of organizational learning development—namely what, how, and the results of learning development anchored in appreciative leadership.Conclusion: To develop organizational learning based on gratitude leadership, there is a need for managers to justify and explain the current state of universities. Following this stage, the development of organizational learning will be operationalized in three stages: attainment of the requisite essence, mastery of behavior, and consideration of the resulting outcomes.

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Organizational Culture Management
Volume 24, Issue 1
April 2026
Pages 65-82

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