French validation of the Inventory of Organizational Learning Facilitators (IOLF): A comparative study of individual, team and organizational levels of perceived learning

Introduction. - The Inventory of Organizational Learning Facilitator (IOLF) developed by Barrette, Lemyre, Cornell, and Beauregard (2012) is a self-report inventory assessing the presence of certain facilitators of organizational learning within an organizational environment. However, this scale is in English, limiting its applications with francophone populations. Objective. - The aim of the study was to create a French version of the Inventory of Organizational Learning Facilitators (IOLF). Furthermore, this study also aimed to verify the metrological qualities as well as the construct validity of the French version of the instrument. Method. - The instrument was translated and verified by expert translators then administered to two distinct samples (francophone and anglophone) each composed of 476 executive's directors working for the federal government's public service. The respondents also completed a three level of perceived learning measures (i.e. individual, group, and organizational). Results.- Analyses of the factor structure, internal consistency and the pattern of correlations with external variables indicate that the French version converges with the English one. (C) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.