ETKİLİ İLETİŞİM ÖZYETERLİK ENVANTERİ’NİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK – GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

The performance of individuals in professional life is linked to the effective communication they have with other people. The level of performance shows similarity to one's self-efficacy belief. According to Bandura, the founder of the Social Cognitive Learning Theory, there is a relationship between people's achievements, interests and self-efficacy perceptions. The identification of effective communication perceptions also gives clues about the motivations, interests and achievements of individuals. In this context, the educational environment has an extremely important position in terms of effective communication. Self-perception of the educators, working in the school environment about effective communication has a special importance in terms of showing the quality of education. The purpose of this research is to develop an inventory that will help to determine the effective communication self-efficacy of individuals in certain professions. The reason for developing an inventory instead of a scale in the study is to offer researchers the opportunity to use the sub-scales separately. Thus, researchers will be able to select and use the sub-scales in the inventory that are suitable for their purposes. In other words, three different scales that serve the same structure within the scope of the study has been developed. Although there are measurement tools for communication skills in different fields, a measurement tool on the basis of self-efficacy has been rarely seen. The research was carried out on a sample group of school administrators and teachers. Exploratory Factor Analysis (n = 727), Confirmatory Factor analysis (n = 210) and Cronbach Alpha Reliability analyzes were used on the collected data. The data collected with 72 items at the beginning decreased to 41 items as a result of the analyzes. There are 13 items in the first subscale (Cognitive), 17 in the second subscale (Affective) and 11 items in the third subscale (Psychomotor). As a result of the analyzes, an inventory consisting of 3 subscales in the form of Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor was developed. The results obtained show that the inventory is valid and reliable. It is recommended to measure various variables and use them in different samples through this developed measurement.