Sağlık ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi Dergisi (Jun 2015)
Development of the Scale of Women Academicians' Career Barriers
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The survey has been carried out methodologically in order to develop 'The Scale of the Women Academicians' Career Barriers' and test its validity and reliability. METHODS: The survey has been carried out in 11 schools in the Eastern Anatolia Region between 2013 September and 2014 August. Ten of them were Medical Vocational High Schools and one was the Faculty of Health Sciences. Personal information form and The Scale of Women Academicians' Career Barriers draft form were used with the purpose of data collection. Ethics committee approval and institutional permissions were obtained for the study. Study data have been evaluated in terms of content validity, structure validity and reliability analysis. RESULTS: As a result of data evaluation, it has been found out that The Scale of Women Academicians' Career Barriers consisted of 40 items and four sub-dimensions. Item total point correlation values were 0.33-0.56, factor loads were between.339 and.885 and test-retest result was extremely significant (p<0.000). It has been determined that the Total Cronbach alpha coefficient of the scale which explained 46% of the total variant is.90, and points of sub-dimension varied between.73 and.88. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: As a result of the study, it has been determined that The Scale of Women Academicians' Career Barriers is a valid and reliable measurement instrument which can be used with the purpose of determining women academicians' career barriers.
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