Study of Scale Development of Discipline Management Practices in Organizations

Abstract

The aim of the research is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool to measure discipline management practices in organizations. The three-stage scale development process proposed by Schwab (1980) was followed in the study. As a result of the content analysis and literature review of the data obtained from semi-structured interviews conducted with senior managers of 22 enterprises operating in the Karaman Organized Industrial Zone, a 107-item proposal pool was created. Expert opinions were consulted for appearance validity and scope validity for the items created. The resulting 42-item draft scale was applied to 30 employees for the pilot study. The last scale was applied to 500 employees in different sectors. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, a model consisting of 33 items and 3 factors, whose construct validity was ensured, emerged and the total variance explanation rate was found to be 66,709%. The results of confirmatory factor analysis of the 3-factor structure were to be at acceptable levels. The scale's Cronbach's alpha coefficient values were to be sufficiently reliable.