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Ruth Alas et al.<br />

comp<strong>on</strong>ents cover 57 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> variati<strong>on</strong> and reliability was .84 (six items) and .63 (three items)<br />

respectively. Therefore <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se are c<strong>on</strong>sidered as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> scales that measure a corresp<strong>on</strong>ding<br />

phenomen<strong>on</strong>. The impact <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> socio-demographic characteristics was tested by using Krutskal-<br />

Wallis Test and here samples are tested separately, which means that a variati<strong>on</strong> in attitudes is<br />

analysed in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Turkish and Chinese sample individually. Characteristics differentiate <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> scales for<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> both Chinese and Turkish samples. Trust in changes differs al<strong>on</strong>g all <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> socio-demographic<br />

characteristics (except pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al interest) in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Chinese sample, while for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Turkish sample a<br />

totally opposite picture emerges and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al interest is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong>ly characteristic that shows<br />

differences. Here we see that <strong>on</strong>e sample shows homogeneous understanding (Turkey) and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<br />

presents diverse opini<strong>on</strong>s about trust in changes. Interest in changes varied al<strong>on</strong>g age, tenure,<br />

oppositi<strong>on</strong>, and pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al interest in both samples, while gender and educati<strong>on</strong> do not differentiate<br />

this scale in Turkey and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> type <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>tract does not differentiate interest in changes in China. In<br />

respect to interest in changes <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> pattern <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> variati<strong>on</strong> al<strong>on</strong>g socio-demographic characteristics is not<br />

so clear cut as it is for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> trust in changes.<br />

3.1.2 Organisati<strong>on</strong>al learning<br />

To evaluate organisati<strong>on</strong>s` learning abilities <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> authors used <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> measure developed by Alas and<br />

Sharifi (2002). Authors let resp<strong>on</strong>dents evaluate 20 indicators <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> organisati<strong>on</strong>al learning <strong>on</strong> a 10-point<br />

scale. The factor analysis allowed <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>m to c<strong>on</strong>strue <strong>on</strong>e comp<strong>on</strong>ent soluti<strong>on</strong> because all <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

statements were very tightly related to each o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r. For <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> twenty statements <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> factor loading varied<br />

from .87 to .66. The reliability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> scale was very high (.97) and m= 6.06, SD= 1.99. Here again a<br />

very different picture emerges if <strong>on</strong>e c<strong>on</strong>siders <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> socio-demographic characteristics. In <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Chinese<br />

sample all <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> characteristics (gender, age, educati<strong>on</strong>, tenure, c<strong>on</strong>tract, positi<strong>on</strong>, and pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />

interest) differentiate <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> assessment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> scale <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> organisati<strong>on</strong>al learning. In <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Turkish sample,<br />

<strong>on</strong>ly <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al interest differentiates <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> assessment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> scale, while <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<br />

characteristics do not play a role in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> differentiati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> resp<strong>on</strong>dents’ assessment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> organisati<strong>on</strong>al<br />

learning scale. One <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> samples (Turkish) seems to be very homogeneous with respect to<br />

organisati<strong>on</strong>al learning and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r (Chinese) presents <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> opposite tendency – <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> employees have<br />

quite different and heterogeneous understandings about organisati<strong>on</strong>al learning.<br />

3.2 Results<br />

3.2.1 Attitudes towards organisati<strong>on</strong>al change and learning from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> perspective <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> locati<strong>on</strong><br />

The analysis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> attitudes and learning scales revealed that Turkish and Chinese samples may differ in<br />

various respects. Therefore, it is reas<strong>on</strong>able to find both samples described from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> perspective <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> characteristic features that have been studied. This analysis would present <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> possibility to<br />

evaluate which specific groups <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> employees may have a particular dispositi<strong>on</strong> to organisati<strong>on</strong>al<br />

learning. Table 2 presents results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> comparis<strong>on</strong>s (ANOVA analysis) for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Turkish sample and Table<br />

3 for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Chinese sample.<br />

Table 2: Comparis<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> assessments <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> organisati<strong>on</strong>al learning and scales <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> organisati<strong>on</strong>al<br />

change: Turkish sample<br />

Learning Trust in changes Interest in changes<br />

Gender males vs. females ↑ males vs. females ↑ -<br />

Age …25 vs. 26-35 ↑ …25 vs. 26-35 ↑<br />

…25 vs. 26-35 ↑<br />

…25 vs. 36-45 ↑<br />

Educati<strong>on</strong> - - -<br />

Tenure Less than 1 year vs. 2-3<br />

years ↑<br />

C<strong>on</strong>tract Permanent vs. temporary<br />

↓<br />

Positi<strong>on</strong> Top manager vs. middle<br />

manager ↓<br />

Top manager vs. fr<strong>on</strong>tline<br />

manager ↓<br />

Less than 1 year vs. 2-3<br />

years ↑<br />

Less than 1 year vs. 4-5<br />

years ↑<br />

Less than 1 year vs. 2-3<br />

years ↑<br />

Less than 1 year vs. 4-5<br />

years ↑<br />

Less than 1 year vs. 6-10<br />

years ↑<br />

16-20 years vs. more than<br />

20 years ↑<br />

Permanent vs. temporary ↓ Permanent vs. temporary<br />

↓<br />

Top manager vs. middle Top manager vs. middle<br />

manager ↓<br />

manager ↓<br />

Top manager vs. fr<strong>on</strong>t-line Top manager vs. technical<br />

manager ↓<br />

worker ↓<br />

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