Validating a leadership style scale in a military higher education institution: Implications for research and practice
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Leadership styles, Higher education, Measurement scale, Scale validation, Scale reliability, EcuadorAbstract
This article presents a study to validate a scale to determine leadership styles in military higher education institutions in Ecuador. This study employed the scale validation methodology proposed by Sánchez and Echeverry (2004). The tests were conducted at the Ecuadorian Military Engineering School using an instrument proposed by Castro et al. (2007), which was adapted and administered to a non-random, purposive sample of 44 institution members. Validity and reliability tests were conducted. Content validity was assessed by a panel of experts, reaching a coefficient of 0.781, which is acceptable. Construct validity was conducted through exploratory factor analysis, which showed that each item was related to its dimensions. Criterion validity was performed by comparing correlations among the instrument’s dimensions. Reliability tests using Cronbach's alpha showed values above 0.876 for the instrument and each item, indicating high internal consistency. It is concluded that the scale is valid and reliable for the studied variables and constructs, and it can be used in future research in the context of higher education in Ecuador
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