El intercambio del conocimiento organizacional de una institución educativa de nivel medio superior. Validación de un instrumento

Social organizations are very important because of their intangible value. The objective of the research was the psychometric validation of a scale in order to evaluate the exchange of organizational knowledge in a higher secondary education institution.The field study was carried out through a paper and pencil questionnaire administered anonymously, with consent given at the beginning of the application. The sample was made up of 413 participants (120 for the AFE and 293 for the AFC) in accordance with the permanent criteria. The study is quantitative, not experimental. The questionnaire was evaluated by three experts.The results of the EFA, calculated according to the maximum likelihood factor extraction method and direct Oblimin rotation, in the first analysis (EFA), two factors were grouped and the CFA evaluated the validity of a construct with an adjustment index of the measurement model. (χ2= 33.64, df= 18, p > 0.03, SRMR=0.06, AGFI=0.95, RMSEA 0.05: CI 90 [.05-.08], TLI=0.98, and CFI=0.98), checking the theoretical support of the construct . The theoretical support of the construct was verified for two factors. The result makes a contribution to obtaining data from the exchange of organizational knowledge.