Validation of Teachers Decision Making as Multi-Dimensional Construct; SmartPLS-3.2.4 Analysis

Abstract

Due to complexity of duties, roles as well as responsibilities in the academic setting, teachers’ decision making as a construct has been very difficult to measure. This pilot study was carried out to validate the decision making instrument suitable for University teachers, as a second order construct through rigorous validation procedure. An instrument with 41 items measuring lecturers’ decision making on five point Likert scale were adapted from various studies and were distributed to seventy lecturers across seven faculties in Modibbo Adama University, Nigeria. The sixty-nine usable questionnaires collected, representing 99.1% response rate were analyzed with smartPLS 3.2.4. The findings of the study revealed that the items were valid and reliable for measuring teachers’ decision making. Findings also revealed that decision making was second order variable. Essentially, decision making questionnaire have demonstrated good psychometric properties in terms of internal consistency reliability as well as construct validity; it is suggested that further study should be carried out to replicate the study using a larger sample size.