THE ADAPTATION OF REVISED INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX INTO TURKISH: A VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY

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Competitiveness is considered as a personality factor that can affect how individuals behave in their personal and professional lives. The Revised Competitiveness Index consisted of 14 items is a widely used measure developed to measure the competitiveness seen as stable personality trait. The study aims to adapt the Revised Competition Index to Turkish. The Revised Competitiveness Index was first translated into Turkish by experts and then translated back into the source language to determine the suitability of the translation and the Turkish form took its final shape. The construct validity, internal consistency and corrected item correlations of this Turkish scale applied to 430 university students are examined. As a result of factor and reliability analysis, 3 statements are taken from the scale. Thus, a two-dimensional structure, such as Enjoyment of Competition and Avoiding of Contention (cronbach alpha: 0.936 and 0.807), is achieved in accordance with the original of the scale. As a result of the study, it is determined that the Individual Competitiveness Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool suitable for Turkish culture.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Competition
• Competitiveness
• Competitiveness Scale

BİREYSEL REKABETÇİLİK ÖLÇEĞİ: TÜRKÇE UYARLAMA, GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

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Rekabetçilik, bireylerin kişisel ve mesleki yaşamlarında nasıl davranacaklarını etkileyebilen bir kişilik faktörü olarak değerlendirilmektedir. İstikrarlı bir kişilik özelliği olarak görülen rekabetçiliği ölçmek için geliştirilen 14 maddelik revize edilmiş Rekabet İndeksi, yaygın kullanılan bir araçtır. Bu çalışma, Revize Edilmiş Rekabet Ölçeğinin Türkçe uyarlamasını amaçlamaktadır. Öncelikle uzmanlar tarafından Türkçe’ye çevirisi yapılan Rekabet Ölçeği, çevirinin uygunluğunun tespiti için tekrar kaynak dile çevrilmiş ve Türkçe formun son hali verilmiştir. 430 üniversite öğrencisine uygulanan bu Türkçe ölçeğin yapı geçerliliği, iç tutarlılığı ve düzeltilmiş madde korelasyonları incelenmiştir. Faktör ve güvenilirlik analizi neticesinde ölçekten 3 ifade çıkarılmıştır. Böylece ölçeğin aslına uygun olarak Rekabetten Hoşlanma ve Yarışmadan Kaçınma (cronbach alpha: 0,936 ve 0,807) şeklindeki iki boyutlu yapıya ulaşılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonucunda, Bireysel Rekabetçilik Ölçeğinin, Türk kültürüne uygun, geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Rekabet
• Rekabetçilik
• Rekabet Ölçeği

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