A New Way Forward for Social Justice Researchers: Development and Validation of the Social Justice Behavior Scale

Autor/in	Flood, Lee D.
Titel	A New Way Forward for Social Justice Researchers: Development and Validation of the Social Justice Behavior Scale
Quelle	In: Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 4 (2019) 2, S.303-346 (44 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2564-7261
Schlagwörter	Attitude Measures; Social Justice; Test Construction; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Factor Analysis; Test Items; Leadership; Principals; Administrator Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Testaufbau; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Faktorenanalyse; Test content; Testaufgabe; Führung; Führungsposition; Principal; Schulleiter
Abstract	Despite social justice leadership receiving an increasing amount of attention by researchers, a methodological imbalance with qualitative inquiries dominating the existing empirical literature base persists. Compounding this issue is the lack of a discipline-specific, quantitative instrument made for the exact purpose of exploring the nature of social justice leadership. This study aimed to answer the calls of a number of scholars (Jean-Marie, Normore, & Brooks, 2009; Nilsson, Marszalek, Linnemeyer, Bahner, & Misialek, 2011; Otunga, 2009) by developing and validating a scale. The Social Justice Behavior Scale (SJBS) was developed through the creation of items based on a literature review, informed directly by a meta-analysis, and refined through the Delphi Technique. Surveys were digitally distributed to principals in the United States. The final dataset consisted of 227 principals from 27 states. Following a principal components analysis with oblimin rotation, the SJBS was found to have three components made up of 23 items that accounted for 62.16% of the total variance. Cronbach's alpha for the entire instrument was 0.933. The SJBS shows promise as a quantitative research instrument moving forward. Future recommendations include collecting additional data for confirmatory analyses, distributing the instrument in additional contexts, and bolstering future investigations into social justice leadership through the use of the SJBS as a research tool. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	EARDA Turkish Educational Administration Research & Development Association. Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Faculty of Education, Izmir, Turkey 35150. e-mail: eyedderinfo@gmail.com; Web site: http://dergipark.gov.tr/real
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01