ECOCENTRIC LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH INSTITUTIONS: TURKISH VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY

Year 2025, Volume: 26 Issue: 1, 72 - 88, 27.03.2025

İsmail Biçer , Seval Selvi Sarıgül

https://doi.org/10.53443/anadoluibfd.1426326

Abstract

Ecocentric leadership refers to a leadership approach that places leadership and decision-making in an environmental and sustainability-oriented perspective. This leadership style considers not only the profit of the organisation but also environmental and social impacts. In this study, it was aimed to conduct Turkish validity and reliability analyses of the Ecocentric Leadership Scale. In this context, data were collected from 234 healthcare professionals working in a private hospital operating in Istanbul by face-to-face survey method. With the data obtained, explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed for construct validity, test-retest and correlation analyses for time validity and internal consistency analyses for reliability. As a result of the analyses, the scale showed similarity with the original scale by showing good fit indices with a single-factor structure, thus a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used in the field of health institutions has been introduced to the Turkish literature.

Keywords

Leadership, Ecocentric Leadership, Healthcare Organizations

SAĞLIK KURUMLARINDA EKOSENTRİK LİDERLİK: TÜRKÇE GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Ekosentrik liderlik, liderliği ve karar verme süreçlerini çevre ve sürdürülebilirlik odaklı perspektife yerleştiren bir liderlik yaklaşımını ifade etmektedir. Bu liderlik tarzı, sadece örgütün kârını değil, aynı zamanda çevresel ve toplumsal etkileri de dikkate almaktadır. Bu çalışmada Ekosentrik Liderlik Ölçeği’nin Türkçe geçerlik ve güvenirlik analizlerinin yapılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu kapsamda veriler, İstanbul’da faaliyet gösteren bir özel hastanede görev yapan 234 sağlık çalışanından yüz yüze anket yöntemiyle toplanmıştır. Elde edilen verilerle ölçeğin yapı geçerliği için açıklayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi, zaman göre geçerlilik için test-tekrar test, korelasyon analizi ve güvenirlik için iç tutarlılık analizleri yapılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda ölçek tek faktörlü yapıyla iyi uyum indeksleri göstererek orijinal ölçek ile benzerlik göstermiş, böylelikle sağlık kurumları alanında kullanılabilecek geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçüm aracı Türkçe literatüre kazandırılmıştır.

Keywords

Liderlik, Ekosentrik Liderlik, Sağlık Kurumları

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