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Strengthening corporate culture construction to promote corporate ideological and political work and improving employees’ psychological incentive strategies high-commitment HR practices as a moderator

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In the contemporary organizational landscape, this research undertakes a comprehensive investigation into the intricate dynamics of corporate learning culture, its far-reaching implications, and the underlying mechanisms governing its influence. Drawing from the lens of organizational learning theory, this study explored the role of corporate learning culture in shaping corporate ideology and influencing the perception of organizational politics. Moreover, it investigated incentive strategies as potential mediators between corporate learning culture and both corporate ideology and the perception of organizational politics. and high-commitment human resource (HR) practices as moderator in the relationship between corporate learning culture and incentive strategies. For this purpose, this study targeted 269 working professionals in various organizations and EMBA students from various universities located in China for data collection. For empirical analyses, the present study applied CFA-SEM (confirmatory factor analyses- structural equation modeling) by using Mplus 8. The outcomes revealed that corporate learning culture positively influences corporate ideology while corporate learning culture also predicts the perception of organizational politics. Moreover, the mediation outcomes revealed that incentive strategies significantly mediated these relationships. Additionally, results have also exposed that high-commitment HR practices positively moderated the association between corporate learning culture and incentive strategies.

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Song, Y., Avotra, A.A.R.N. Strengthening corporate culture construction to promote corporate ideological and political work and improving employees’ psychological incentive strategies high-commitment HR practices as a moderator. Curr Psychol 43, 15588–15601 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05391-6

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