Organizational learning and extra effort: The mediating effect of job satisfaction

• Organizational learning is related to job satisfaction and extra effort.
• For extra effort to occur there must be high levels of job satisfaction.
• Job satisfaction mediates between organizational learning and extra effort.

The present study focuses on the relationship between school organizational learning (SOL), teacher job satisfaction (TJS), and teacher extra effort (TEE). Data were collected from 1474 teachers in 104 elementary schools in Israel, and aggregated at the school level. Results of structural equation modeling (SEM) demonstrated that TJS is a significant predictor of TEE and functions as a mediator between SOL and TEE. These findings provide a deeper understanding of how SOL can serve as a significant link between TJS and TEE, which may ultimately enhance teaching and learning effectiveness and emphasize the need to assimilate OL processes into schools.