The cross-sectional design can be considered a limitation of this study. After dealing with the prediction of learning culture in knowledge management processes, a longitudinal design could allow a deeper understanding of this relationship.
Regarding practical implications, as Van Wijk et al. (2008) suggest, cultural aspects are rarely ‘visible’. The idea of ‘making explicit’ pragmatic aspects of a certain culture may also increase the interest of managers or HR professionals in the subject. Other implications of this research are related to the production of information for the development of a literature to assist managers in assessing learning and knowledge management possibilities, which is considered by Lyles and Easterby-Smith (2003) to be necessary in the OL/KM area.