Table A1.

47 Item learning culture scale

Dimensions of
Learning Culture
Items
In our organization…
Learning-oriented tasks
  • (1) …employees can determine their own working pace.

  • (2) …employees decide for themselves how to perform their work.

  • (3) …employees primarily perform imposed tasks (reversed).

  • (4) …employees perform different types of tasks.

  • (5) …employees have many different responsibilities.

  • (6) …employees mainly solve complex problems.

  • (7) …employees provide a lot of customization to the customer.

  • (8) …employees mainly do routine work (reversed).

Reflexivity and experiential learning
  • (9) …it is normal to ask why employees are required to do something in a particular way

  • (10) …employees regularly ask others for their opinions.

  • (11) …employees discuss mistakes to learn from them.

  • (12) …employees are given time to try out new things at work.

  • (13) …employees see issues as an opportunity to learn.

  • (14) …employees treat each other with respect.

  • (15) …employees have trust in each other.

  • (16) …it is possible to improve the execution of your work at your own insight.

  • (17) … it is possible to constantly look for new knowledge and experiences.

  • (18) …employees help each other to learn and develop.

  • (19) …employees encourage each other to think from multiple angles.

Collaborative learning
  • (20) …teams/departments work together to learn more about what their work entails.

  • (21) …employees regularly reflect on work that has been done.

  • (22) …employees regularly share knowledge and insights with each other.

  • (23) …by talking about the content of our work, employees can do what they are good at.

  • (24) …employees reflect on how they work together.

  • (25) … when employees in our organization make suggestions to improve the quality of work, this is taken seriously.

  • (26) …employees adjust work processes when they are no longer effective.

  • (27) …employees know from each other who is good at what.

Learning-oriented leadership
  • (28) …leaders encourage employees to think creatively if there is an issue.

  • (29) …leaders have clear ideas about learning and development.

  • (30) …leaders encourage employees to continue developing themselves.

  • (31) …leaders continuously learn and develop themselves

  • (32) …employees can directly approach a leader with a problem.

  • (33) …employees quickly receive approval if we want to attend a training, course, or educational program.

  • (34) …leaders clearly explain why it is important for employees to continuously learn and develop themselves.

Learning-oriented organizational structure
  • (35) …employees have places and moments to share ideas (e.g. through a suggestion box, bulletin board, or daily stand up).

  • (36) …employees can quickly and easily get the information they need to learn or develop.

  • (37) …employees can share with colleagues at set times what they have learned.

  • (38) …employees can see what is done with their improvement suggestions.

  • (39) …employees can easily learn from colleagues.

  • (40) …the workspaces help us to easily learn from each other.

  • (41) …departments/teams are organized in such a way that makes it easy for employees to collaborate with other departments/teams.

  • (42) …employees have enough resources to develop themselves (e.g. training budget, time, training opportunities).

External network learning
  • (43) …employees are regularly informed about new developments, e.g. market, competition, new technologies or trends.

  • (44) …employees are encouraged to look for new information, e.g. market, competition, new technologies or trends.

  • (45) …employees collaborate with people from outside the organization, such as suppliers and customers, to achieve shared goals.

  • (46) …employees are encouraged to seek customer feedback.

  • (47) …employees frequently draw on the experiences of other companies.

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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