RE-ASSESSMENT OF LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR TAXONOMY CONSTRUCTS: CONSTRUCT VALIDATION ANALYSIS

Year 2019, Volume: 17 Issue: 33, 9 - 32, 13.03.2019

Mehtap Özşahin

https://doi.org/10.35408/comuybd.495869

Abstract

Despite of the huge number of leadership behavior description measures in the
literature, construct assessment and validation studies are very rare in literature. In
this sense, this survey, which focused on the construct re-assessment and validation
of leadership behavior taxonomy, is expected to contribute to leadership literature.
Yukl’s Leadership Behavior Taxonomy (LBT) is focused on and the constructs of LBT
have been evaluated in terms of content validity, convergent validity, discriminant
validity and predictive validity in this study. The survey was conducted on 445 middle
level managers of 188 large-scale firms operating in manufactory industry and 550
managers operating in service industry in Turkey. Data obtained from 445 middle level
managers operating in manufacturing industry and 550 managers operating in service
industry were analyzed through the SPSS and AMOS statistical packet programs. The
findings of this survey revealed that 23 items-three factors-LBT model has better fit for
the managers of both manufacturing and service industry in Turkey.

Keywords

Leadership behavior taxonomy, Task-oriented leadership, Relationsoriented leadership, Change-oriented leadership, Construct validation analysis

LİDERLİK DAVRANIŞI BOYUTLARININ YENİDEN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ: ÖLÇEK GEÇERLEME ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Literatürde, liderlik davranışının ölçümüyle ilgili çok sayıda çalışma mevcut olmasına
rağmen, liderlik davranışı yapılarını ele alan ölçek geçerleme çalışmalarına nadiren
yer verilmektedir. Bu kapsamda, literatürde en çok kullanılan ölçeklerden biri olan
Yukl’un Liderlik Davranışı Sınıflaması (Leadership Behavior Taxonomy-LBT)
ölçeğini, içerik geçerliliği, yakınsama geçerliliği, ayrışma geçerliliği ve öngörü
geçerliliği bağlamında yeniden değerlendiren bu çalışmanın literatüre katkı sağlaması
beklenmektedir. Çalışma Türkiye’de üretim sektöründe faaliyet gösteren 188 büyük
ölçekli firmanın 445 orta düzey yöneticisi ile hizmet sektöründe çalışan 550 yönetici
üzerinde yürütülmüştür. Türkiye’deki üretim ve hizmet sektörü yöneticilerinden elde
edilen veriler SPSS ve AMOS istatistik programları kullanılarak değerlendirilmiş
ve analiz bulguları, liderlik davranışıyla ilgili 23 sorulu 3 boyutlu bir yapı ortaya koymuştur.

Keywords

Liderlik davranışı sınıflaması, Görev odaklı liderlik, İlişki odaklı liderlik, Değişim odaklı liderlik, Ölçek geçerleme analizi

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