Organizational learning capacity measurement scale: application in big mining

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https://doi.org/10.35319/rvzs4e58

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Leadership, Organizational Learning, Scale of Measurement, Mining Sector, Chile

Abstract

The interest in researching organizational learning has intensified in recent decades. The different authors propose different ways of understanding, implementing and measuring this learning. The greatest difficulties are precisely in the measurement. Some researchers propose multidimensional models of learning measurement scales. The objective of this research was to propose a scale of measurement of organizational learning capacity for large mining companies in the Antofagasta region, thus contributing to the development of a construct that allows measuring organizational learning in this context. For this, an instrument was developed based on a review of previously validated theoretical constructs. From this, six dimensions were established. This process was facilitated by a pilot test administered in companies of the mining sector to ensure that the different elements were comprehensible and adequately reflected the aspect to be measured. The results of the pilot administration of the measurement scale yielded as a measure of consistency a Cronbach alpha greater than 0.8 in each of the final sub-scales, higher by at least 0.1 point of the threshold considered acceptable. Finally, the scale resulted in 24 items to represent the six dimensions.

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  • Mario Fidel Villar Vargas, Universidad Santo Tomás de Chile

    Doctor in Business Management from Deusto Business School, Faculty of Business, University of Deusto, and holds a Master's in Business Administration from Universidad Austral de Chile, in addition to being a Commercial Engineer from the same university. He is currently a faculty member at the School of Commercial Engineering of the Faculty of Economics and Business at Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile, where he specializes in business management and commercial strategies.

  • Luis Araya Castillo, Universidad Santo Tomás de Chile

    PhD in Management Sciences and a University Master's degree in Research in Management Sciences from ESADE Business School and Universidad Ramon Llull. He has also obtained a PhD in Business from the University of Barcelona and a Master's in Strategic Consulting from the University of Valencia. He is a faculty member at the Faculty of Economics and Business of Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile, and his education includes a wide variety of degrees in areas such as Marketing, Strategic Management, and Total Quality Management.

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Organizational learning capacity measurement scale: application in big mining

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Organizational learning capacity measurement scale: application in big mining. (2019). Revista Perspectivas, 44, 9-43. https://doi.org/10.35319/rvzs4e58

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