Developing a Measure of Teachers' Perceptions of Organizational Invisibility
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou13770158002021-08-03T06:19:24Z Developing a Measure of Teachers' Perceptions of Organizational Invisibility Carr, Susie J. Education Organization Theory Educational Leadership Organizational Invisibility OI Teacher perceptions Individual detachment Unclear view of organizational purposes Unclear view of cooperative participation Instrument development This study theorized and operationalized a new construct: Organizational Invisibility (OI), through naming and describing, then quantifying the construct. OI is a characteristic of the participants within the organization rather than of the organization itself. Following a process of instrument development, the study produced an 11-item, double-factor scale (explaining 58% of scale covariance) with high reliability (alpha = .90). OI characterizes a mindset that reflects individual detachment and an unclear view of the common purpose and cooperative participation that constitutes organization.Suppositions drawn from the literature served as the impetus to create an initial item pool. Professional educators (colleagues and an expert panel) critiqued and helped me revise the initial item pool. Development of the instrument relied on principal component analysis (with varimax rotation) and reliability analysis (Cronbach's alpha) across two phases: a pilot study (n=177) and a field test (n=616). The field test also involved an assessment of concurrent validity using four measures that the relevant literature and original theorizing commended as competing, or even redundant, measures (OES, Bohn, 2010; OSTES, Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2000; TES, Hoy & Woolfolk, 1993; TBS, Dworkin, 1987). The most strongly related concurrent measure (OES, Bohn, 2010) shared just 29% of variance with OI. I conclude that OI is a functional construct, within the limitations of the study. 2013 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1377015800 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1377015800 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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