DIGITAL LEADERSHIP: A SCALE ADAPTATION STUDY

Abstract

The digital leadership scale was developed by Zeike, Bradbury, Lindert, and Pfaff (2019) since there is no scale suitable for the digital leadership skills of managers and whose validity has been proven. It is aimed to adapt the digital leadership scale, which was developed for empirical studies on digital leadership in Turkey, into Turkish, and to conduct validity and reliability studies. For this purpose, a questionnaire was applied to the employees of a factory producing electronic household goods in Manisa. Survey data were analyzed with the SPSS and AMOS programs. The findings reveal that the digital leadership scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool that could be used in research to be conducted in Turkey.

Keywords

• Digital Leadership
• Validity
• Reliability.

DİJİTAL LİDERLİK: BİR ÖLÇEK UYARLAMA ÇALIŞMASI

Öz

Yöneticilerin dijital liderlik becerilerine uygun ve geçerliliği kanıtlanmış bir ölçek bulunmadığı için Zeike, Bradbury, Lindert ve Pfaff (2019) tarafından dijital liderlik ölçeği geliştirilmiştir. Türkiye’de dijital liderliğe yönelik ampirik çalışmaların yapılabilmesi için geliştirilen dijital liderlik ölçeğinin Türkçeye uyarlanması, geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmasının yapılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla Manisa’daki elektronik ev eşyaları üreten bir fabrikanın çalışanlarına anket uygulaması yapılmıştır. Anket verileri SPSS ve AMOS programı yardımıyla analiz edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular dijital liderlik ölçeğinin Türkiye’de yapılacak araştırmalarda kullanılabilecek geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğunu göstermektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Dijital Liderlik
• Geçerlik
• Güvenirlik

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