Development of the Learner Self-Directedness in the Workplace Scale

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology

 
 
Field Value
 
Title Development of the Learner Self-Directedness in the Workplace Scale
 
Creator De Bruin, Karina De Bruin, Gideon P.
 
Subject Career Development Self-directed Learning; Learner Self-directedness; Workplace Learning; Rasch Analysis; Instrument Development
Description Orientation: This study reports on the development of an instrument that one can use to measure learner self-directedness in work environments.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to measure learner selfdirectedness in the workplace.Motivation for the study: Learner self-directedness appears to be an essential characteristic to keep up with the demands of the world of work. There is no brief instrument currently available to measure learner self-directedness in the workplace.Research design, approach and method: The researchers fitted the responses of 519 participantsto 22 items to the Rasch rating scale model.Main findings: The researchers retained 13 of the original 22 items. The hierarchy of item locations supported the construct validity of the scale. Hierarchical factor analysis showed the presence of one higher-order factor and three residual first-order factors. The higher-order factor accounted for almost five times as much of the common variance as did the strongest residual first-order factor. The Rasch analysis and the factor analysis suggested that the 13-item Learner Self-Directedness in the Workplace Scale (LSWS) measures a single one-dimensional construct (α = 0.93).Practical/managerial implications: The instrument can help employers to understand and support employees’ self-directed learning efforts.Contribution/value-add: This research resulted in a brief instrument to measure learner selfdirectedness in the workplace. This instrument is unique in the South African context.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor National Research Foundation
Date 2011-10-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Instrument Development; Quantitative
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajip.v37i1.926
 
Source SA Journal of Industrial Psychology; Vol 37, No 1 (2011); 10 pages 2071-0763 0258-5200
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa — Mean age 33; 66 male and 443 female; 79 Black persons, 394 White persons, 19 Coloured and 26 Asian persons
Rights Copyright (c) 2011 Karina De Bruin, Gideon P. De Bruin https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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