Validation of the Knowledge Sharing Behavior Scale Among Nursing and Midwifery Faculty Members in Iran: Psychometric Properties and Cross-Cultural Adaptation

Abstract

Background: Knowledge-sharing behaviors among academic members in Iran were believed to enhance organizational sustainability. However, the current status of these behaviors was unknown due to the lack of a valid scale to assess them. Objectives: The present study was conducted to validate the Knowledge Sharing Behavior Scale (KSBS) among faculty members of nursing and midwifery schools in Iran. Methods: This research was a cross-sectional study of scale psychometric type. The samples included 640 faculty members of nursing and midwifery schools across the country in 2021. Validation was performed through face validity, content validity by determining content validity index (CVI) and content validity ratio (CVR), construct validity by determining exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), concurrent validity by determining the correlation between KSBS and Knowledge Management Questionnaire (KMQ) and Tacit Knowledge Sharing Scale (TEKS), internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's α coefficient), and stability reliability (test-retest) were determined. SPSS version 21 and LISREL version 8.8 were used for data analysis. The significance level was 0.01. Results: Items were edited based on the comments of the target community. Content validity ratio for 28 questions ranged from 0.73 to 1, and all items had I-CVI values greater than 0.78. The results of EFA showed four factors, and CFA approved the construct homogeneity. The correlation coefficient of KSBS with KMQ and TEKS were 0.72 and 0.87, respectively. Cronbach α coefficients for the whole scale and factors were higher than 0.90. Conclusions: Knowledge Sharing Behavior Scale was a valid and reliable scale to measure knowledge-sharing behaviour in the Iranian academic community.

Investigating the Factor Structure and Validation of the Multidimensional Scale of Acceptance of Collective Violence Among Teenagers: An Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis

“…In this study, we applied the mean ± 3 standard deviations method to identify outliers. Data outside the range of 3 standard deviations were removed (31). To check the normal distribution of data, we utilized the Shapiro-Francia test (45).…”

“…For concurrent validity, the sample size was calculated using the Cochran formula (n = Z 2 *p*q/d 2 ), where ( Z = 1.96 ) is the statistical value for the desired confidence level, ( P = 0.5 ) is the expected probability for the characteristic of interest, and ( d = 0.1 ) is the permissible error. By substituting these values into the formula and rounding the result, the sample size for concurrent validity is obtained to be 100 individuals (31). For EFA, the sample size was calculated as 20 individuals per question (32), resulting in 420 individuals determined for EFA.…”

Las encuestas y los datos: el ayer y hoy…

“…Este reto permitió realizar varias lecturas que permitan establecer diferencias en varios aspectos que son incidentes al momento de diseñar y aplicar un cuestionario. Entre los autores que se revisó para establecer estas diferencias se puede destacar a: Sanjari S., Rezende G., Hady A. y Santos-De-araújo A., cuyos aportes enriquecieron esta revisión bibliográfica, aspectos que detallamos a continuación [1], [2], [3], [4]:…”