Handbook of Management Scales/Information interpretation

Information interpretation (alpha = 0.80)

Description

Systematic and thorough methodological techniques are used to develop an instrument to test, measure, and validate subprocesses of organizational learning. Five independent but interrelated subprocesses are identified and validated: information acquisition, information distribution, information interpretation, information integration, and organizational memory.

Definition

Information interpretation is the process through which organizations make sense of new information that they have acquired and disseminated.

Items

• Our employees, as individuals, are prepared to rethink decisions when presented with new and relevant information. (0.65)
• Our employees seek to deeply understand issues and concepts. (0.46)
• Our employees do not hesitate to question things they do not understand. (0.65)
• Our employees, as individuals, are interested in knowing not only what to do but also why we do things. (0.78)

Source

• Flores et al. (2012): Organizational Learning: Subprocess Identification, Construct Validation, and an Empirical Test of Cultural Antecedents. Journal of Management, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 640-667.

Comments

The loading of the second item is too low. This item may be reworded.

Related Scales

• Information acquisition
• Information distribution
• Information integration
• Organizational memory