Factor structure and Construct Validity of Measuring Multicultural Leadership in Thai Society Context

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อิศรัฏฐ์ รินไธสง

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The aims of the present study were: 1) to assess the factor structure of The Multicultural Leadership Questionnaire (MCLQ) in Thai context; and 2) to assess its construct validity of MCLQ by assess the convergent validity and discriminant validity.  The sample consisted of 282 the government employees of Local Administrative Organizations in the three southern border province of Thailand. Assess of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) conducted shown that MCLQ is a multi-dimensional scale with 5 factors: 1) metacognitive cultural quotient 2) cognitive and motivation cultural quotient 3) openness to cultural diversity 4) global identity and 5) openness to cultural diversity. The findings also showed acceptable construct validity for the MCLQ.

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รินไธสง อ. (2019). Factor structure and Construct Validity of Measuring Multicultural Leadership in Thai Society Context. Journal of Education Thaksin University, 18(2), 83–102. retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/eduthu/article/view/148021
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