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Initial assessment and validation of an instrument to measure student perceptions of leadership skills
Author(s) -
Zula Ken,
Yarrish Karen,
Christensen Stephen D.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of leadership studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1935-262X
pISSN - 1935-2611
DOI - 10.1002/jls.20168
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , survey instrument , exploratory factor analysis , reliability (semiconductor) , subject matter , applied psychology , medical education , pedagogy , psychometrics , medicine , clinical psychology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , curriculum
This article reports on development and validation of an instrument for use in measuring student perceptions of leadership skills. The article describes the development process of an instrument through use of subject matter experts for measuring leadership skill perception among students and use of an exploratory factor analysis technique to validate the resulting instrument. These data were obtained from a survey of 214 students in a small liberal arts college of business. The article presents an instrument for assistance with measuring leadership skill perception, development, and importance as well as further reports on the initial validity and reliability measures resulting from the analysis. In addition, the usefulness of the instrument for educators and workplace trainers is explored.