YÜKSEKÖĞRETİM KÜLTÜRÜ ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Yükseköğretim kültürü, öğretim elemanlarının eylemleriyle değişmekte, geliştirilmekte veya sürdürülmektedir. Böylelikle yükseköğretim kültürü zaman içerisinde ve farklı kurumlarda değişkenlik gösterebilen bir yapı sergilemektedir. Yükseköğretim kurumlarının sürekli değişim gösteren toplum ile birlikte kendisini de değiştirerek ve geliştirerek uyum sağlayabilmesinin yanısıra diğer yükseköğretim kurumlarına karşı rekabet gücünü koruyabilmesinin de önemli olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu bağlamda çalışmanın amacı öğretim elemanlarının yükseköğretim kültürü algılarını tespit etmeye yönelik geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek geliştirmektir. Alanyazın incelemesi sonrası hazırlanan 30 maddelik madde havuzuna sahip taslak ölçek pilot uygulama aşamasında 55 öğretim elemanına; açımlayıcı faktör analizi (AFA) aşamasında 332 öğretim elemanına; doğrulayıcı faktör analizi (DFA) aşamasında ise 277 öğretim elemanına uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemi küme örneklem yöntemiyle seçilmiştir. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliği için uygulanan AFA sonucu elde edilen üç alt boyut (dışsal uyum, temel varsayımlar, içsel bütünleşme) DFA sonucu ile doğrulanmıştır. Yükseköğretim kültürü ölçeğinin güvenirlik katsayısı ise Cronbach Alpha katsayısı ile elde edilmiş ve üç alt boyutun da güvenilir olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçları incelendiğinde yükseköğretim kültürü ölçeğinin öğretim elemanlarının yükseköğretim kültürü algılarını değerlendirmek üzere kullanılabilecek geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek olduğun göstermektedir.

Keywords

• Örgüt kültürü,yükseköğretim kültürü,yükseköğretim yönetimi,ölçek geliştirme

DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION CULTURE SCALE: A STUDY OF VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY

Abstract

The culture of higher education is being changed, developed or maintained by the actions of the faculty members. Thus, higher education culture exhibits a dynamic structure that can change over time and in different institutions. Besides maintaining their competitiveness against other higher education institutions, adaptation by changing and improving together with the constantly changing society is important for higher education institutions. In this context, the aim of the study is to develop a valid and reliable scale to determine the higher education culture perceptions of faculty members. For this purpose, draft scale with a pool of 30 items prepared after the review of the literature was applied to 55 faculty members in the pilot phase; 332 faculty members in the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) phase, and  277 faculty members in the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) phase. The sample of the study was selected by cluster sampling method. The three subscales (external congruence, basic assumptions and internal integration) obtained from the EFA for the construct validity were confirmed by the CFA. Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the academic identity scale showed that all three subscales were reliable. When the results of the research are examined, it is seen that the higher education culture scale is valid and reliable which can be used to evaluate the perceptions of higher education culture of the faculty members.

Keywords

• Organizational culture,higher education culture,higher education management,scale development

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