A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn), and a glassy coating layer formed on surfaces of particles of the lithium composite transition metal oxide, wherein, in the lithium composite transition metal oxide, an amount of the nickel (Ni) in a total amount of transition metals is 60 mol % or more, and an amount of the manganese (Mn) is greater than an amount of the cobalt (Co), and the glassy coating layer includes a glassy compound represented by Formula 1.

LiaM1bOc  [Formula 1]



wherein, M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of boron (B), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), and phosphorus (P), and 1≤a≤4, 1≤b≤8, and 1≤c≤20.