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In this study, it was
aimed to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool for determining the
leadership orientations of individuals. The study was conducted on a total of
503 university students, 266 females and 237 males, who studied at different
faculties of Gazi and Hacı Bayram Veli Universities during the spring semester
of the 2018-2019 academic year. In order to test the structural validity of the
measuring instrument, first, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was conducted.
As a result of EFA, a structure consisting of 19 items and four sub-dimensions
was obtained, explaining 52,807% of the total variance. As a result of the
confirmatory Factor Analysis (DFA) conducted to confirm this structure,
sufficient compliance indexes were reached. To determine the differentiability
of items, the corrected item test correlation was examined and it was compared
whether there was a difference between the top-down method of 27% and the item
score means. The reliability of the measuring instrument was examined with the
Cronbach Alpha internal coherence coefficient, providing evidence that the
resulting reliability coefficients were highly reliable on the scale. In line
with these findings, it is tellable that Multidimensional Leadership
Orientations Scale (MLOS) is a data collection tool capable of performing valid
and reliable measurements.