scholarly journals Digital Leadership Among School Leaders in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1481-1485
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Primary And Secondary School

In line with the rapid development of IR 4.0, school leaders need to seize the opportunity to transform them by integrating technology in leadership style. Hence, this study is aimed at developing a measurement model and identifying the functions and behaviors of the digital leadership of the school leaders. Using the SEM AMOS analysis, a questionnaire collected from 352 primary and secondary school principals.The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was carried out in ascertaining the proposed factor. The finding succeeded in developing a digital leadership measurement model. The findings also identified two dimension, nine functions and 42 behaviors practiced by principals in digital leadership practice. These two dimensions are communication and school climate, while nine functions include virtual meetings, virtual discussions, virtual information sharing, online file sharing, virtual communication, virtual teaching and learning supervision, virtual monitoring of students’ performance, virtual promotion of development and professionalism and virtual promotion of school’s goals.

scholarly journals Assessing the Psychometric Properties of Students’ MOOC-Efficacy Measurement Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norliza Ghazali ◽  
Siti Salina Mustakim ◽  
Mohamad Sahari Nordin ◽  
Sulaiman Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Usability Data

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been identified as a potential innovation for improving teaching and learning. This research aims to develop and evaluate a measurement model of students’ MOOC-efficacy. The study conceptualized students’ MOOC-efficacy in four dimensions of information searching, making queries, MOOC learning, and MOOC usability. Data were collected with a 23 items questionnaire whose reliability indexes ranged from 0.822 to 0.890, identified from university students who have had some experience with MOOCs and who willingly volunteered to participate in the research (N=1,524). A sample of 623 respondents was drawn through simple random sampling. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was adopted for data analysis. The findings designate that four-dimensional students’ MOOC-efficacy measurement model achieved an acceptable level of fit (RMSEA = 0.061, CFI = 0.935 and a normed chi-square, χ2/df = 3.322). All statistics provide empirical evidence that the students’ MOOC-efficacy measurement model is psychometrically sound in terms of validity and reliability. The measurement model of students’ MOOC-efficacy provides further insights into what works in an open online environment which may be used to fulfill learners’ needs and preferences.

scholarly journals GETTING USED TO THE NEW: AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEADERSHIP STYLE IN SCHOOL DURING PANDEMIC COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (42) ◽  
pp. 01-13
Author(s):  
Mat Rahimi Yusof ◽  
Yahya Don ◽  
Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob ◽  
M.S. Omar-Fauzee ◽  
Lai Chaw Pang
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information File ◽  
Virtual Meetings

The worldwide Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed the leadership style of Malaysian school leaders. To balance the current leadership challenges of the pandemic and the rapidity of technology, school leaders must think ahead and infuse new ones in leadership styles. As a result, the purpose of this study was to identify the functions and behaviours of new leadership styles of school leaders. The results of the questionnaire analysis collected from 103 respondents (principals=74) and (headmasters=29) school leaders using SEM AMOS successfully identified and validated nine functions and 42 behaviours in the new school leadership style. These functions are virtual meetings, virtual forums or discussions, sharing of new information, file sharing, virtual communication, supervision of digital technology-assisted teaching, monitoring student performance with digital technology, promoting development and professionalism. These functions include virtual meetings, virtual forums or discussions, the dissemination of new information, file sharing, virtual communication, the supervision of digital technology-assisted teaching, the monitoring of student performance with digital technology, and the promotion of development and professionalism. This study is expected to have a significant impact on school leaders' use of new leadership styles in the school.

Mastery and challenge seeking: Two dimensions within learning goals?

1999 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Dupeyrat ◽  
Claudette Mariné ◽  
Christian Escribe
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Dimensions Of Learning ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Factor Measurement

The study examined the existence of two distinct dimensions within learning goals: A mastery dimension and a challenge seeking dimension. A French version of Roedel, Schraw, and Plake's (1994) Goals Inventory was administered to 305 psychology undergraduates. Confirmatory factor analyses testing a two-factor vs. a three-factor measurement model supported the distinction between the two dimensions of learning goals. Relations between goal orientations and reported strategy use and self-regulation were analyzed. The mastery and challenge dimensions within learning goals were differentially related to performance goals and strategy use.

Decentralization: Operationalization and measurement model

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Morozov
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Hypothesis Testing ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Decentralization has been a continual focus of attention of both scholars and practitioners for more than half a century. Even though there is a general agreement on what decentralization is, there is no consensus about how it should be measured. This article builds on the existing body of literature that specifies three major dimensions of decentralization: political, administrative, and economic. The article offers a measurement model that unifies these dimensions in a meaningful manner that allows for comparison across countries. The proposed model is then empirically tested using confirmatory factor analysis of a data set of 37 countries over the period 2000-2009. This factor analysis reveals that there are, in fact, only two dimensions of the decentralization process. The newly developed modelʼs index illustrates that the conceptually challenging processes of decentralization can be accurately measured and analyzed. The index can be used for hypothesis testing of the causality role of decentralization.

scholarly journals EXPLORING SCHOOL LEADERS’ VIRTUAL INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-55
Author(s):  
Mat Rahimi Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Leadership Behaviors ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Virtual School ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Educational Advancement ◽  
The Government

The educational advancement in Malaysia has always been the main agenda of the government to make this country education equal to the other developed countries in this world. School leaders must have a futuristic mind and would be able to think beyond the ordinary to make this aspiration become a reality. They must be bold enough to make changes in line with the rapid development of mobile technology, internet, wireless connectivity, and the new medium of virtual communication. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to verify the model on instructional leadership behaviors of virtual school leaders in secondary schools in Malaysia. The results of an interview by two expert lecturers in the educational leadership field found that most principals practiced the virtual instructional leadership behaviors by integrating mobile device technology and new mediums of virtual communication in their instructional leadership practices. The interview also validated the virtual instructional leadership model. However, further studies need to carry out to strengthen this model. The validation of this virtual instructional leadership model will serve as guidance for the authorities in designing the curriculum for principals’ courses in Malaysia, as well as guidance for principals to practice virtual instructional leadership.

Instrumental and Ideological Union Commitment: Longitudinal Assessment of Construct Validity

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Sjöberg ◽  
Magnus Sverke
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Longitudinal Assessment ◽  
Union Commitment ◽  
Union Participation

Summary: Previous research has identified instrumentality and ideology as important aspects of member attachment to labor unions. The present study evaluated the construct validity of a scale designed to reflect the two dimensions of instrumental and ideological union commitment using a sample of 1170 Swedish blue-collar union members. Longitudinal data were used to test seven propositions referring to the dimensionality, internal consistency reliability, and temporal stability of the scale as well as postulated group differences in union participation to which the scale should be sensitive. Support for the hypothesized factor structure of the scale and for adequate reliabilities of the dimensions was obtained and was also replicated 18 months later. Tests for equality of measurement model parameters and test-retest correlations indicated support for the temporal stability of the scale. In addition, the results were consistent with most of the predicted differences between groups characterized by different patterns of change/stability in union participation status. The study provides strong support for the construct validity of the scale and indicates that it can be used in future theory testing on instrumental and ideological union commitment.

Development of the Fear of Intimacy Components Questionnaire (FICQ)

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Pedro Sobral ◽  
Maria Emília Costa
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Fear Of Intimacy ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Abstract. We developed a new instrument designed to measure fear of intimacy in romantic relationships. We suggest assessing fear of intimacy through two dimensions: self-revelation and dependence. The Fear of Intimacy Components Questionnaire (FICQ) was validated across three studies in which a 10-item solution systematically emerged. Consistently with a two component perspective, a two-factor solution fitted data the best: fear of losing the self (FLS) and fear of losing the other (FLO). Qualitative analyses verified content validity. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses tested the factor structure. Multigroup analyses supported the structural invariance across gender, age, and relationship status. Both factors showed adequate discriminant validity and internal consistency, and good 3-week period test-retest reliability. Associations between the FICQ and insecure attachment orientations demonstrated convergent validity. The association between the FICQ and relationship satisfaction above and beyond a preexisting measure offered criterion validity. By going beyond traditional self-revelation-focused conception of fear of intimacy, that is, by proposing a bi-dimensional structure to fear of intimacy, we believe that this new measure will contribute to future research on fear of intimacy.

Family Influence on Business: Application of A Modified F-PEC Scale to Private Small Business In Vietnam

2013 ◽  
pp. 38-53
Author(s):  
Nam Vu Hoang ◽  
Anh Truong Tuan ◽  
Nghia Nguyen Ke
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Cultural Aspect ◽  
Culture Dimensions ◽  
Business Application ◽  
Original Scale ◽  
Asian Context

This paper uncovers dimensions of family influence on private small business in Vietnam. Although the F-PEC scale, which comprises three subscales for power, experience and culture dimensions of family influence, has been validated in the literature, application of the scale in an Asian context, like Vietnam, may face challenges due to context differences. The study modified the original scale based on qualitative findings from five interviews with entrepreneurs and comments on the scale from business scholars. Data from a survey of 143 entrepreneurs were used for EFA, resulting in four factors. And CFA proves fitness of the measurement model of the four-factor structure to the data, in which two dimensions regarding the cultural aspect were confirmed.

scholarly journals Your leadership style: why understanding yourself matters

BMJ Leader ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 165-167
Author(s):  
Clare Felicity Jane Price-Dowd
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Effective Leadership ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Inclusive Leadership ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Personal Leadership

Understanding of personal leadership style has been shown to be a key part of effective leadership practice. It has been a topic of interest for many decades as we have tried to understand, and replicate, what makes those considered to be ‘great leaders’ so successful. This article gives a brief introduction to different leadership ‘theories’, leadership ‘styles’ and the effect they have on the ‘climate’ in organisations. Having an understanding of the different approaches can help leaders be more effective through comprehending how and why they do what they do, as well as helping them identify where and when they need to adapt their style. By considering how our understanding of leadership has evolved, it is possible to show how effective leadership is not linked to one approach. It is a combination of knowledge, attitudes and behaviours with a focus on both the task in hand and concern for those undertaking that task. Furthermore this understanding supports impactful personal development, which creates positive climates in organisations where compassionate and inclusive leadership behaviours can, and do result in better outcomes for staff and patients.

scholarly journals Initial Challenges and Possible Useful Countering Strategies: Perspectives From Malaysian Novice Principals

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402110000
Author(s):  
Lokman Mohd Tahir ◽  
Narina A. Samah ◽  
Mohd Hilmi Hamzah ◽  
Abdul Halim Abdullah ◽  
Mohd Fadzli Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Novice Principals ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Initial Meeting

As school leaders, novice principals faced some challenges within the first years of their leadership journey. This mixed-methods study explores the initial challenges faced by novice principals while leading their schools. At the same time, their countering strategies in handling the initial challenges are also being explored. A total of 168 novice principals responded to all items within a questionnaire on their initial challenges and their useful strategies to overcome the challenges. In addition, 11 novice principals were interviewed for in-depth information on their challenges and possible strategies in overcoming them. Findings revealed that dealing with a previous principal’s legacy and heavy workloads were major challenges faced by novice principals. In terms of their countering strategies, novice principals employed various approaches such as organizing an initial meeting with teachers, getting parents involved in school activities, and sharing leadership practice.

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