Research Article

Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale (POPS) Questionnaire into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

Volume: 2 Number: 1 July 11, 2016
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Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale (POPS) Questionnaire into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

Abstract

In this study it was aimed to make the studies of the translation of Perception of Organizational Politics Scale into Turkish and the validity and reliability of the scale. Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale’s (POPS) validities has been tested in terms of view, content and structure. The application is designed as a two-stage process. In the first stage, face and content validity was tested. In the second stage, it was sought evidences for the construct validity of the scale by making exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and then the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to the data obtained. In determining the reliability of the scale item-total score correlations and Cronbach alpha coefficient was used. The application made for the validity and reliability of the scale was conducted on the data collected from 277 faculty members working in universities’ education faculties. As a method of achieving those faculty members "Simple randomized (random) sampling" is used. The psychometric properties of the Turkish version of Perception of Organizational Politics Scale showed that the scale has a satisfactory level of reliability and validity for the Turkish employee sample.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

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Publication Date

July 11, 2016

Submission Date

July 11, 2016

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2015 Volume: 2 Number: 1

APA
Erol, E. (2016). Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale (POPS) Questionnaire into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2(1), 58-78. https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.239566

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