VALIDITY, RELIABILITY AND VARIATIONS OF PERCEPTION OF DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING ORGANISATION AT DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONAL LEVELS IN MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES
Keywords:
Learning organisation, employee perception, confirmatory factor analysis, MalaysiaAbstract
This paper describes the study that was carried out to investigate the validity and reliability of the Dimensions of Learning Organisation Questionnaires (DLOQ) as a tool to measure the presence of learning culture in Malaysian manufacturing companies. The study was also carried out to examine the perceptions of senior managers and other employees with regards to the presence of dimensions of learning organisation in their respective companies. A total of 161 survey responses from senior managers and 156 from other employees were obtained and analysed. Results of the analysis indicated that the DLOQ, as a measuring tool, demonstrated adequate validity and reliability to be used as a way to measure the learning organisation culture in Malaysian manufacturing companies. The results also indicated there were no significant differences in the perception of learning organisation dimensions between senior managers and other employees, except for the dimension of empowerment. The study concluded that the DLOQ model was as applicable in Malaysian manufacturing companies as in other settings; thus giving more credence to the universality of the DLOQ model. The study also concluded that in the context of Malaysian manufacturing companies, the difference in perception of empowerment suggested that senior managers and other employees were not on the same page with regards to the development of learning organisation dimensions. The difference may be indicative of underlying issues such as lack of communication and lack of involvement by senior managers and employees alike. These issues need to be quickly addressed by Malaysian manufacturing companies in order to facilitate the development of learning organisation dimensions.References
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