The purpose of this study was to examine what factors influence on the level of organizational
learning of secondary schools, employing hierarchical linear models. In Seoul and Gyeonggi province,
867 teachers in 70 middle schools and high schools were surveyed. In hierarchical linear models
school background characteristics, relationships between schools and surrounding environment such as
school district offices and communities and school structures and cultures were included as well as
teacher background characteristics. The school whose students’ average socioeconomic status was
higher and which utilized the facilities and human resources of communities more actively, showed a
higher level of organizational learning. Among the factors of school structures and cultures, ‘the
culture of promoting experimental spirits of teachers’ and ‘the capacity of transferring knowledge’
were found to have positive effects on the level of organizational learning. Since relationships
between schools and communities and between schools and school district offices had significant
effects on ‘the culture of promoting experimental spirits of teachers’ and ‘the capacity of transferring
knowledge,’ we could infer that those relationships had indirect effects on the organizational learning
through the two factors of school structures and cultures.