Fattah Nazem and Mina Mozaiini
The purpose of the present study is to validate a scale for measuring the organizational learning of higher educational institutes. The population of the study included all the staffs who were employed in all branches of Islamic Azad University in Iran i.e., 420 branches and educational centers . The research sample consisted of 1662 staffs randomly selected from 96 branches and educational centers using stratified and cluster random sampling methods. The research instrument was the Watkins and Marsick’s questionnaire of organizational learning which consisted of 3 scales. The obtained Cronbach's Alpha value was 0.90. The results of factor analysis and principal components analysis, using a varimax rotation, showed that building blocks of organizational learning includes individual level Items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13 , group level Items 4, 7, 10, 14, 15, 18, 19, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 35 and 37 , and organizational level Items 22, 24, 25, 31, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, and 43 .
