Abstract:

The aim of the research is to adapt the “Innovative Work Behavior Scale” by Lambriex-Schmitz, Klink, Beausaert, Bijker ve Segers (2020) to Turkish. In this context, participants of the study were 314 teachers working in public and private schools during the 2019-2020 academic year in Hatay province. Other processes related to confirmatory factor analysis and scale adaptation were performed to verify the original factor structure of the scale. Translation processes, pilot work, language validity, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability, item analysis and correlational calculations processes were performed respectively. Related to the analyses, it was presented that the scale has 7-factor structure with 44 items. Regarding to the confirmative factor analysis, it was understood that the compliance values were acceptable or good, while the factor loads of the items were high. The Cronbach alpha coefficient of the entire scale is quite high at .98, while the alfa values of the factors varied between .82 and .96. Within the scope of reliance, the reliance value for decisiveness was found to be .79 and the scale was considered to be stable. In the context of item analyses, it was concluded that the values of item discrimination index was significant. Item – total correlation values are in the range of .68 and .98, the correlations of the items with the whole scale were proved to be high. As a result, it was found out that the Innovative Work Scale, in which, originally developed abroad, was adapted to Turkish contexts was valid and reliable.

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