Research Article

Adaptation of the Global Academic Performance Scale: Reliability and Validity Study

Volume: 10 Number: 3 December 30, 2020
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Adaptation of the Global Academic Performance Scale: Reliability and Validity Study

Abstract

Today, with the skills that cannot be imitated by others the person who gains competitive advantage in the organization contributes to the organizational goals. In this way, the good performance of the employees provides reputation, prestige, brand value, awareness, quality, effectiveness, efficiency and profitability. Therefore, it is important to integrate the knowledge, experience, talent and motivation level of an academic staff with the university objectives to which it is connected and to increase the quality of education. In this context, this research was carried out to adapt the Global Academic Performance Scale developed by Abubakar et al. (2018) into Turkish, to test its validity and reliability, and to measure the academic perceptions of academic staff on global academic performance. In this research, which is an empirical research, survey technique was used as a data collection tool. Academic staff working in Faculty of Sport Sciences at universities constitute of the population of the research. In this context, data from 198 samples determined by convenience sampling method were collected. Descriptive statistics, independent groups t-test, and explanatory and confirmatory factor analyzes were used in the analysis of the data. As a result, it can be stated that the Global Academic Performance Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool which can be used for determining the academic performance perceptions of the employees in different samples and practices in Turkey.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2020

Submission Date

June 3, 2020

Acceptance Date

December 10, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 10 Number: 3

APA
Damar, A., Kaçay, Z., Eskiler, E., & Soyer, F. (2020). Adaptation of the Global Academic Performance Scale: Reliability and Validity Study. Sakarya University Journal of Education, 10(3), 560-576. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.707838
AMA
1.Damar A, Kaçay Z, Eskiler E, Soyer F. Adaptation of the Global Academic Performance Scale: Reliability and Validity Study. SUJE. 2020;10(3):560-576. doi:10.19126/suje.707838
Chicago
Damar, Arif, Zülbiye Kaçay, Ersin Eskiler, and Fikret Soyer. 2020. “Adaptation of the Global Academic Performance Scale: Reliability and Validity Study”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 10 (3): 560-76. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.707838.
EndNote
Damar A, Kaçay Z, Eskiler E, Soyer F (December 1, 2020) Adaptation of the Global Academic Performance Scale: Reliability and Validity Study. Sakarya University Journal of Education 10 3 560–576.
IEEE
[1]A. Damar, Z. Kaçay, E. Eskiler, and F. Soyer, “Adaptation of the Global Academic Performance Scale: Reliability and Validity Study”, SUJE, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 560–576, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.19126/suje.707838.
ISNAD
Damar, Arif - Kaçay, Zülbiye - Eskiler, Ersin - Soyer, Fikret. “Adaptation of the Global Academic Performance Scale: Reliability and Validity Study”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 10/3 (December 1, 2020): 560-576. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.707838.
JAMA
1.Damar A, Kaçay Z, Eskiler E, Soyer F. Adaptation of the Global Academic Performance Scale: Reliability and Validity Study. SUJE. 2020;10:560–576.
MLA
Damar, Arif, et al. “Adaptation of the Global Academic Performance Scale: Reliability and Validity Study”. Sakarya University Journal of Education, vol. 10, no. 3, Dec. 2020, pp. 560-76, doi:10.19126/suje.707838.
Vancouver
1.Arif Damar, Zülbiye Kaçay, Ersin Eskiler, Fikret Soyer. Adaptation of the Global Academic Performance Scale: Reliability and Validity Study. SUJE. 2020 Dec. 1;10(3):560-76. doi:10.19126/suje.707838

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