The Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Training Culture: The TC Scale

Abstract

Training culture entails continuous organization of training programs inside the organization rather than being organized at once only at the time of recruitment; and it is designing and delivering training programs according to the needs and requirement of employees rather than seeing it as a burden. Training culture is supported by the aspects of culture of an organization that encourages training, sharing and application of knowledge and skills at workplace. This paper defines the constructs of training culture and describes the development of the Training Culture Scale. Evidence for the validity and reliability of the scale is presented in a series of studies. Evidence is also provided for the discriminant validity of the scale, including with regard to self-esteem measures.

Keywords: Design, supervisor, training culture, travel agency.