Reliability and validity are central to judgments about the quality of research in the

natural sciences and quantitative research in the social sciences. Validity refers to the

appropriateness of the measures used, the accuracy of the analysis of the results and

generalizability of the findings. Reliability refers to replication and consistency. (Saunders,

Lewis, & Thornhill, 2015). The researcher has to complete more complex processes to

demonstrate validity. Some tactics that the researcher can use are (a) triangulation, (b) pattern

matching, and (c) using theory or replication logic (Saunders, Lewis, & Thornhill, 2015; Yin,

2014).

Chaudhary et al., (2013) tested reliability through subsets and evaluated the internal

consistency ensuring the study contained reliability and validity necessary for a complete

study. Ultimately, the HRD instrument is a model and must be evaluated and updated depending

on future study requirements. According to Chaudhary et al., (2013), HRD has changed, and

future scholars must consider the validity of the HRD climate measure.

Organizational climate is a set of global perceptions held by organizational members

about their organizational environment (Schneider and Hall, 1972). HRD climate is an integral

component of organizational climate (Mishra and Bhardwaj, 2002). HRD climate could be

defined as a sub-climate of overall organizational climate which reflects the perception that the

employees have of the development environment of the organization (Rao and Abraham, 1986).

Six interpretable factors were extracted as a result of exploratory factor analysis instead of three-

dimensional structure proposed by the authors of the scale.

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