A study on developing a communicative rational action scale

dc.contributor.authorÇamlı A.Y.
dc.contributor.authorVirlanuta F.O.
dc.contributor.authorPalamutçuoğlu B.T.
dc.contributor.authorBărbuță-Mișu N.
dc.contributor.authorGüler Ş.
dc.contributor.authorZüngün D.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:05:56Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:05:56Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study is to develop a Communicative Rational Action Scale and analyze its validity and reliability. The scale has been prepared for all administrators and especially for firm administrators based on Max Weber’s rationalizing theory and Jürgen Habermas’ communicative action theory. The scale reveals to what extent administrators’ behaviors are communicatively rational while deciding or acting. In total, 282 participants joined this study. The sample group consisted of senior administrators of 87 firms acting in Turkey’s different Organized Industrial Zones or Free Zones. Data were analyzed by the SPSS 21 and AMOS 22 programs. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were applied to the obtained data. In order to test item discrimination, total item correlations were calculated and items under the value of 0.40 were removed from the scale. Exploratory factor analysis revealed 21 articles and five factors. The correlation coefficient of the 21-article scale with a similar scale is 0.979 (p < 0.001). The Cronbach’s alpha value is 0.945 and the test-retest correlation parameter is r = 0.793 (p < 0.001). In conclusion, it was determined by confirmatory factor analysis that the Communicative Rational Action Scale has a good cohesion criterion, and it is a valid and reliable assessment instrument. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.3390/su13116317
dc.identifier.issn20711050
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/13305
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.rightsAll Open Access; Gold Open Access
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectassessment method
dc.subjectcommunication
dc.subjectcorrelation
dc.subjectfirm size
dc.subjectspatiotemporal analysis
dc.titleA study on developing a communicative rational action scale
dc.typeArticle

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