A normative instrument for assessing the mentoring role.
- Authors: Janse van Rensburg, K. , Roodt, G.
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: Normative instrument , Cronbach alpha
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6380 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1123
- Description: The objective of this study is to develop a normative instrument for assessing the mentoring role in the South African context. The sampling frame for the study constituted the 1200 employees of a division of a large transport organisation. A convenience sample including all 1200 employees yielded 637 fully completed records (a 53% response rate). First and second level factor analyses, followed by an iterative item analysis on the scale of 26 items, yielded a seemingly robust scale with a Cronbach alpha of 0,97. The psychometric properties of the scale are further discussed.
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The construction and evaluation of a normative learning style preference questionnaire
- Authors: Viljoen, M.J. , Schepers, J.M. , Van Zyl, K.
- Date: 2001
- Subjects: Normative instrument , Learning style preferences , Learning style inventory , Learning style preference questionnaire , Cronbach’s coeficient alpha , Direct Oblimin procedure
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6346 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1090
- Description: Various authors have indicated the need for and value of identifying the learning style preferences of individual learners. Similar needs have been voiced in the South African context.The focal point of this study was the development of a normative instrument for predicting the preferred learning styles of individuals. Secondary aims were to determine whether there are differences between groups formed on the basis of gender, academic qualifications and functional disciplines as far as their learning style preferences are concerned. Based on a review of the literature and an existing questionnaire, namely the Learning Style Inventory (LSI 85), the Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (LSPQ) consisting of 136 items was developed and administered to respondents (N=542) in a large organisation. The LSPQ was subjected to a principal factor analysis and six factors were obtained.The six factors were rotated to simple structure by means of the Direct Oblimin procedure. The matrix of intercorrelations of the six factors was subjected to a second-order factor analysis and yielded a single factor. Six scales were constructed corresponding to the six factors. These scales were subjected to item analysis and yielded reliability coefficients that ranged from 0,809 to 0,939 according to Cronbach’s coefficient alpha. The implications of the findings are discussed.
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The construction of a normative instrument for measuring organisational citizenship.
- Authors: Joubert, E.E. , Crafford, A. , Schepers, J.M.
- Date: 2004
- Subjects: Normative instrument , Organisational citizenship
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6360 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1104
- Description: The aim of the study was to construct a normative instrument for measuring organisational citizenship. Based on studies done on organisational citizenship, a framework for identifying the locus of organisational citizenship was developed, and a questionnaire based on this framework was constructed. A factor analysis of the items of the instrument yielded two factors. These factors were interpreted as situational and dispositional loci of organisational citizenship. The two scales were subjected to item analysis and yielded reliability coefficients of 0,946 and 0,908 respectively. The implications of the findings are discussed.
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The construction of a normative instrument for the measurement of moral reasoning
- Authors: White, J.C. , Crafford, A. , Schepers, J.M.
- Date: 2001
- Subjects: Normative instrument , Moral reasoning
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6347 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1091
- Description: The main aim of this study was to construct a normative instrument for the measurement of different levels of moral reasoning. The sample comprised 426 undergraduate students in Industrial Psychology and Personnel Management from two Afrikaans speaking universities. A questionnaire was developed to measure different levels of moral reasoning on a normative scale. A factor analysis on 90 items yielded two factors. These factors were interpreted as principled moral reasoning and prescriptive moral reasoning. The two scales were subjected to an item analysis and yielded reliability coefficients of 0,936 and 0,937. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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