Abstract:

The aim of this research is to adapt the scale of Organizational Policy Perception developed by Ferris and Kacmar (1992) to the Turkish for school organizations. The study was conducted by three different classes of high school teachers. The first study group includes 30 teachers, the second study group includes 316 teachers for the analysis of the opening factor, and the third study group includes 856 teachers for the analysis of the verifying factor. After the translation and language validity studies, the pre-test application was made prepared for scale application. As a result of the opening factor analysis, a structure with sufficient load value under two factors, which describes about 64% of the variance, was obtained. The first-level factor analysis to verify the two-factor structure found that the conformity well-being values (χ2/Sd= 211,637/101=2,095; TLI=.96; CFI= .97; GFI= .90; RMSEA=.059; SRMR=.038) and the scale structure were verified. According to the second level factor analysis, the conformity well-being values (229,741/101=2,275; TLI=.96; CFI= .97; GFI= .94; RMSEA=.069; SRMR=.028) were found to be validated. In the framework of the measurement validity, the t values of the 27% lower and upper groups were significant for all substances, and the total test correlations of the substance varied between .67 and .81.  In the framework of the reliability of the scale, Cronbach Alpha ratio for the organization-oriented policy perception size .93, for the individual-oriented policy perception size . It is calculated as .94 for the overall scale. According to these findings, the scale of the Organizational Policy Perception can be said that the Turkish form is valid and reliable.

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to adapt the Perception of Organizational Politics Scale developed by Ferris and Kacmar (1992) to Turkish for school organizations. The study was conducted with three different study groups consisting of secondary school teachers. The first working group consists of 30 teachers who have had pilot practice, the second study group consisted of 316 teachers for exploratory factor analysis and the third study group consisted of 856 teachers who provided data for confirmatory factor analysis. After the translation study and linguistic validity studies, and pilot practise the scale got ready to apply. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis made, a structure which explains about 64% of the variance with sufficient load value under two factors was obtained. At the end of the first level factor analysis conducted to confirm the two factor constructs, the values of the compliance goodness (χ² / Sd = 211,637 / 101 = 2,095; TLI = .96; CFI = .97; GFI = .90; RMSEA = .059; SRMR = .038) and the scale structure has been confirmed. The second level factor analysis of the goodness of fit values (229.741 / 101 = 2.275; TL = .96, CFI = .97; GFI = .94; RMSEA = .069; SRM = .028) that was observed therefore structure was confirmed. In the criterion related validity, it was seen that the t values of 27% lower and upper groups were meaningful for all items, and item total test correlations changed between .67 and .81. For the reliability of the scale, the Cronbach Alpha Coefficient was calculated as .93 for the organizational oriented politics perception dimension, .89 for the individual oriented politics perception dimension and .94 for the generalized scale. According to these results, it can be expressed that the Turkish form of Perception of Organizational Politics Scale is valid and reliable.

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