Adaptation of the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) to Turkish

Abstract

Aim of this research is determined as adapting the Leadership Practice Inventory developed by Kouzes & Posner (2003) to Turkish. Working group of the research consist of 436 teachers chosen by using the random sampling method among the teachers working in 2009- 2010 educational years in Konya/Turkey. 194 of the teachers constituting the working group are female and 242 of them are male. Average working year of them are 15 years. During the adaptation of the scale, it was first translated into Turkish by English teaching experts; then the Turkish text was retranslated into English, compared with the original text and found to be identical with it. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted. Reliability of the scale was tested by using Cronbach α, Spearman Brown, Gutmann Split-Half techniques and corrected item-total correlations, the values related to differences of 27 percentage lower-higher groups. As a result of the validity and reliability analysis, it was thought that Turkish adaptation process of the scale was completed.