Adapting Entrepreneurial Potential Assessment Inventory (EPAI) to Turkish and Its Psychometric Properties

Abstract

Entrepreneurship has attracted considerable attention over the last few years in the world and Turkey. Basically, it is thought to start trading activity, taking a certain risk with the aim of making a profit. In recent years, it has been added to the literature that entrepreneurial potential must first exist in order for entrepreneurship to emerge. This study aims to translate into Turkish the Entrepreneurial Potential Assessment Inventory (EPAI), developed by Santos, Caetano and Curral, (2014), to measure entrepreneurial potential. For this purpose, EPAI has been translated into Turkish, structure, content validity analysis has been made and its reliability has been analyzed. As a result of the analysis of EPAI-TR, it was observed that, the basic form with 54 items could be collected in 44 items (11 dimensions). Analyzes made show that EPAI-TR can be used as a valid and reliable inventory in Turkish, together with the sub-dimensions of the inventories, providing the validity of the structure.

Keywords

• Entrepreneurship,Entrepreneurial Potential,Validity-Reliability Analysis

Girişimcilik Potansiyeli Belirleme Envanteri’nin (Entrepreneurial Potential Assessment Inventory-EPAI) Türkçe’ye Uyarlanması ve Psikometrik Özellikleri

Öz

Girişimcilik olgusu son dönemde tüm Dünyada olduğu gibi Türkiye’de oldukça ilgi çekmektedir. Temel olarak, kar elde etmek maksadı ile belirli bir risk alarak, ticaret faaliyeti başlatmak olarak düşünülmektedir. Son yıllarda, girişimciliğin ortaya çıkabilmesi için, öncelikli olarak girişimci potansiyelin var olması gerektiği de literatüre eklenmiştir. Bu çalışma, girişimci potansiyelin ölçülmesi için, Santos, Caetano ve Curral, (2014) tarafından geliştirilmiş Entrepreneurial Potential Assessment Inventory’nin (EPAI) Türkçe’ye kazandırılmasını amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaçla, EPAI’nin Türkçeye çevrilip, yapı, içerik geçerliliği analizi yapılmış, güvenirliği analiz edilmiştir. EPAI-tr’nin analizi sonucunda 54 maddelik temel formun 44 maddelik 4 boyut, 11 altboyutta toplanabileceği görülmüştür. Yapılan analizler, envanterin alt boyutları ile birlikte, yapı geçerliğini sağladığı, EPAI-tr’nin geçerli ve güvenilir bir envanter olarak Türkçede de kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Girişimcilik,Girişimci Potansiyel,Girişimcilik Potansiyeli Değerlendirmesi,Geçerlik-Güvenirlik

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