The influence of leadership in the working environment, teamwork and organisational learning : a theoretical review

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to examine the influence that leadership has on creating a good working environment, on work teams and on organisational learning, through a theoretical revision. For this, concepts are addressed related to leadership such as the leader's profile, the role he represents within an organisation, his functions and skills, which will help us understand the importance of leadership within an organisation. This study arrives at conclusions that point out that the leader is the main producer of the organisational climate due to his capacity to motivate and generate well-being in a worker and job satisfaction. In the second place, we can observe that the leader is an essential figure in work teams for his role in carrying out the necessary actions to ensure an effective team, with some of these actions being recognition, rewards, motivation, identification of strengths, creation of trust and recognition of each member's needs. Finally, it is shown that the importance of leadership and its influence on organisational learning is due to the leader having to develop management policies of human resources that reinforce those aspects, such as attitudes, aptitudes, skills and abilities that directly affect the individual's learning ability.