Open AccessSTIB: The Systemic Thinking Inventory for Business
Author(s) -
Raghu Kurthakoti,
Annette L. Halpin,
Chris Papenhausen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of education, society and behavioural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-981X
DOI - 10.9734/jesbs/2022/v35i130396
Subject(s) - discriminant validity , scale (ratio) , exploratory factor analysis , confirmatory factor analysis , psychology , convergent validity , convergent thinking , reliability (semiconductor) , concurrent validity , divergent thinking , cognitive style , validity , sample (material) , critical thinking , cognition , creative thinking , social psychology , psychometrics , structural equation modeling , creativity , clinical psychology , statistics , mathematics , mathematics education , power (physics) , physics , chemistry , chromatography , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , internal consistency
This article presents a scale, the Systemic Thinking Inventory for Business (STIB), which measures the systemic thinking of business learners. Based on literature related to cognitive styles, three dimensions of systemic thinking were identified – Divergent Thinking, Connected Thinking, and Creative Thinking. The scale's validity and reliability were assessed through an exploratory factor analysis of a 25-item instrument after which a confirmatory factor analysis of 12 items emerged that supports a three-dimensional structure. Scale validity and reliability along with convergent validity and discriminant validity were statistically significant with additional analysis on a holdout sample strengthening the support for using STIB to measure systemic thinking.