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Social Sciences, Psychology, Applied, Psychology, Scale validation, Learning climate, Learning culture, Organizational learning, Facilitation of learning, Error management, ORGANIZATIONAL-CLIMATE, EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION, JOB RESOURCES, MANAGEMENT, INNOVATION, TURNOVER, CULTURE, EMPLOYABILITY, ORIENTATION, PERCEPTIONS, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, 1503 Business and Management, 1701 Psychology, Business & Management, 3505 Human resources and industrial relations, 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour, 5201 Applied and developmental psychology

Abstract:

© 2014 Elsevier Inc. The current study developed an instrument for measuring learning climate in organizations. A review of the organizational learning and facilitation of workplace learning literature resulted in three theoretically relevant dimensions referring to facilitation, appreciation, and error avoidance. The 3-dimensional learning climate scale (LCS) was tested in a heterogeneous sample of Dutch wage earners (N = 1013). Confirmatory factor analysis and analysis of measurement invariance were conducted to establish the factorial structure of the measure. Also, convergent, divergent, and construct validity of the LCS were investigated. The findings showed that the newly developed instrument for learning climate has good psychometric properties: the three-factor structure was supported and the sub-scales were reliable. Furthermore, the LCS showed good convergent and divergent validity.