Power is one of the most complex organizational attributes to understand due to the multiple related variables and dimensions in which it appears. The ownership and use and of power are reflected in the interpersonal relationships within an organization, as a result, modeling its structure and interactions can lead to knowledge about the power networks that shape it. The objective of this study was to identify the behavior of organizational networks based on existing sources of power, using a consensual analysis of the different topologies present in these networks. The study was carried out in a private production company in Ecuador, which has representation at a domestic level. To this end, a 12-question personalized questionnaire was designed with the aim of identifying specific networks and was applied to 1190 workers in the company. The results were obtained using organizational network analysis and a consensus strategy to integrate the centralities found in multiple networks into one. This study can serve as a reference to organizations, so they can know the relationships between people within it, as part of their management process. In this way, the identification of people within power networks is useful for knowing the “key” actors in the promotion of organizational changes, as well as for the development of career plans based on the position that people occupy in the organizational system.

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El cuestionario OLC (Organizational Learning Culture) se desarrolló en la Universidad de Coimbra (Portugal) para medir la cultura de aprendizaje organizacional. El objetivo del presente estudio fue validar el cuestionario OLC en organizaciones ecuatorianas, para su aplicación en investigaciones sobre cultura de aprendizaje. Para ello, se utilizó la primera versión del cuestionario de 30 preguntas y se aplicó a una muestra heterogénea de 193 trabajadores de varias organizaciones (ratio 6:1). El cuestionario OLC se sometió a una validación de contenido, así como a un análisis factorial exploratorio (15 ítems, 2 factores, varianza=58,6%) y un análisis confirmatorio con buenas medidas de ajuste (PCFI=.824; RMSEA=.049; CFI=.972). Para evaluar la fiabilidad del instrumento se utilizó el alfa de Cronbach (ɑadaptación externa=.889 y ɑintegración interna=.873). Estos resultados demuestran que el cuestionario OLC Ecuador es válido para el contexto analizado.