Power Base Games That School Principles Use Scale: Its Development, Validity and Reliability
Abstract
While organizations have a power struggle with their
environment and with other organizations in the globalised world, employees who
are the most important resource of the organization also have power struggle among
themselves. To be successful in this power struggle, employees, especially managers,
use a number of political games in the organization. Developing the scale of power
base games that school principles use is the aim of this study to detemine how and
how much school principles use power base games in schools which are educational
organizations. The sample of this study consists of 213 teachers working in Yeşilova
and Karamanlı districts of Burdur city in 2015-2016 educational year. In the evaluation
of the scale by authorities, Lawshe technique was used and then, Exploratory Factor
Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were used. After the analyses,
it was found that this scale is a reliable and valid measurement tool which consists
of 41 items and six dimensions as sponsorship, making alliance building, empire
building, budgeting, expertise and lording.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
May 19, 2018
Submission Date
October 28, 2017
Acceptance Date
February 28, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 5 Number: 2