How organizations need to act in order to develop their learning capacities has always been a focal interest of research and practice in the workplace. In practice, an e‐learning system is often utilized to foster professional development as it is capable of delivering information and knowledge to individuals across organizations. However, the effect of e‐learning systems on fostering the development of learning organizations in South Korean companies remains unsubstantiated by empirical research. Hence, in this study, a total of 327 datasets from three Korean companies (A, B and C) were analyzed to investigate this research question: can utilizing an e‐learning system accelerate the process of companies becoming learning organizations? The results showed that only the e‐learning systems of Company A and Company C, but not of Company B, facilitated the development of learning organizations. The study concluded that employees' acceptance levels toward e‐learning systems must be considered in order to effectively promote long‐term implementation of e‐learning systems that would lead to the development of learning organizations.