Abstract
In order to assess the effectiveness of service leadership education, we developed the 200-item Service Leadership Knowledge Scale to measure knowledge related to service leadership. In this paper, we report a validation study examining whether the developed scale could differentiate students who had received service leadership education from those had not (i.e., criterion-related validity). A posttest-only control group design was adopted to validate the scale, with 67 students in the experimental group and 93 students in the control group. As predicted, the experimental group scored higher on all domains and total scores compared to the control group. In terms of the individual item, the experimental group had higher scores on 163 items than did the control group, with statistically significant differences on 63 items. The present findings provide evidence supporting the criterion-related validity of the Service Leadership Knowledge Scale.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 137-145 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal on Disability and Human Development |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Funding
The Fung Service Leadership Education Initiative and this work were financially supported by the Victor and William Fung Foundation.
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Criterionrelated validity
- Leadership training
- Multiplechoice questions
- Posttest-only control group
- Service Leadership Knowledge Scale
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Validation of the service leadership knowledge scale: Criterion-related validity
SHEK, D. T. L. & LIN, L., Jun 2017, Service Leadership Education for University Students. SHEK, D. T. L., Chung, P., LIN, L. & MERRICK, J. (eds.). Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 189-204 16 p. (Public Health: Practices, Methods and Policies).Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review
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