Title
Development of a Measure for the Organizational Learning Construct
Abstract
The concept of organizational learning (OL) is receiving an increasing amount of attention in the research and practice of management information systems (MIS) due to its potential for affecting organizational outcomes, including control and intelligence, competitive advantage, and the exploitation of knowledge and technology.As such, further development of the salient issues related to OL is warranted, especially measurement of the construct. Based on a domain definition grounded in the literature, this research represents the initial work in developing an empirically reliable and valid measure of organizational learning. The rigorous method utilized in the derivation of this measure, which integrates two methodological frameworks for instrument development, is the main strength of this work. The result is an eightfactor, 28-item instrument for assessing OL, derived from a sample of 119 knowledge-based firms. The empirically derived factors are awareness, communication, performance assessment, intellectual cultivation, environmental adaptability, social learning, intellectual capital management, and organizational grafting. MIS function managers can use these factors to gauge organizational or subunit success in the creation and diffusion of new applications of information technology.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1080/07421222.2002.11045727
J. of Management Information Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
initial work,information technology,Organizational Learning Construct,28-item instrument,social learning,organizational outcome,organizational grafting,organizational learning,MIS function manager,instrument development,intellectual capital management
Management information systems,Computer science,Knowledge management,Organizational learning,Organizational intelligence
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
2
0742-1222
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
46
1.55
13
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gary F. Templeton125715.75
Bruce R. Lewis244816.94
Charles A. Snyder325024.09