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Psychometric Properties of the Job Related Skills Inventory in Malaysia Context

The objectives of the current study were to test the internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity and item analysis of the Job-Related Skills Inventory in the Malaysian context. The study was conducted among 102 employers from the various government departments in Sabah, Malaysia. Cron...

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Main Authors: Chua Bee Seok, Getrude C. Ah Gang @ Grace, Shazia Iqbal Hashmi, Norhamidah Jarimal @ Safri, Agnis Sombuling
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Published: THEIJSSHI 2020
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L Education (General)
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spelling my.ums.eprints.266282021-01-14T08:26:38Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/26628/ Psychometric Properties of the Job Related Skills Inventory in Malaysia Context Chua Bee Seok Getrude C. Ah Gang @ Grace Shazia Iqbal Hashmi Norhamidah Jarimal @ Safri Agnis Sombuling L Education (General) The objectives of the current study were to test the internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity and item analysis of the Job-Related Skills Inventory in the Malaysian context. The study was conducted among 102 employers from the various government departments in Sabah, Malaysia. Cronbach alphas calculated to assess the inventory internal consistency of the inventory. The evidence for convergent validity of the inventory was tested by examining the inter-correlation between sub-aspect of the skills and correlation between the sub-aspects and the four dimensions of Industrial Revolution job-related skill. The discriminant validity of the Inventory was determined by examining the correlation between the inventory score and the scores of the Short Social Desirability Scale. Item analysis was also conducted to test the suitability and gaugeable of the Job-Related Skills Inventory items in the Malaysian context. The scale demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha ranged from 0.87 to 0.95). The result reported The Job-Related Skills Inventory convergent and discriminant validity was confirmed with the strong relationship among the Inventory dimensions and strong relationship with the four dimensions of Industrial Revolution job-related skill as compared to weak and negative correlation coefficients between the inventory and the Social Desirability Scale. The result of item analysis also indicated all the items were good and suitable to use in the Malaysian context. THEIJSSHI 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/26628/1/Psychometric%20Properties%20of%20the%20Job%20Related%20Skills%20Inventory%20in%20Malaysia%20Context.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/26628/2/Psychometric%20Properties%20of%20the%20Job%20Related%20Skills%20Inventory%20in%20Malaysia%20Context1.pdf Chua Bee Seok and Getrude C. Ah Gang @ Grace and Shazia Iqbal Hashmi and Norhamidah Jarimal @ Safri and Agnis Sombuling (2020) Psychometric Properties of the Job Related Skills Inventory in Malaysia Context. The International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention, 7 (7). 6086 -6093. ISSN 2349-2031 https://doi.org/10.18535/ijsshi/v7i07.08
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language English
English
topic L Education (General)
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Chua Bee Seok
Getrude C. Ah Gang @ Grace
Shazia Iqbal Hashmi
Norhamidah Jarimal @ Safri
Agnis Sombuling
Psychometric Properties of the Job Related Skills Inventory in Malaysia Context
description The objectives of the current study were to test the internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity and item analysis of the Job-Related Skills Inventory in the Malaysian context. The study was conducted among 102 employers from the various government departments in Sabah, Malaysia. Cronbach alphas calculated to assess the inventory internal consistency of the inventory. The evidence for convergent validity of the inventory was tested by examining the inter-correlation between sub-aspect of the skills and correlation between the sub-aspects and the four dimensions of Industrial Revolution job-related skill. The discriminant validity of the Inventory was determined by examining the correlation between the inventory score and the scores of the Short Social Desirability Scale. Item analysis was also conducted to test the suitability and gaugeable of the Job-Related Skills Inventory items in the Malaysian context. The scale demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha ranged from 0.87 to 0.95). The result reported The Job-Related Skills Inventory convergent and discriminant validity was confirmed with the strong relationship among the Inventory dimensions and strong relationship with the four dimensions of Industrial Revolution job-related skill as compared to weak and negative correlation coefficients between the inventory and the Social Desirability Scale. The result of item analysis also indicated all the items were good and suitable to use in the Malaysian context.
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author Chua Bee Seok
Getrude C. Ah Gang @ Grace
Shazia Iqbal Hashmi
Norhamidah Jarimal @ Safri
Agnis Sombuling
author_facet Chua Bee Seok
Getrude C. Ah Gang @ Grace
Shazia Iqbal Hashmi
Norhamidah Jarimal @ Safri
Agnis Sombuling
author_sort Chua Bee Seok
title Psychometric Properties of the Job Related Skills Inventory in Malaysia Context
title_short Psychometric Properties of the Job Related Skills Inventory in Malaysia Context
title_full Psychometric Properties of the Job Related Skills Inventory in Malaysia Context
title_fullStr Psychometric Properties of the Job Related Skills Inventory in Malaysia Context
title_full_unstemmed Psychometric Properties of the Job Related Skills Inventory in Malaysia Context
title_sort psychometric properties of the job related skills inventory in malaysia context
publisher THEIJSSHI
publishDate 2020
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/26628/1/Psychometric%20Properties%20of%20the%20Job%20Related%20Skills%20Inventory%20in%20Malaysia%20Context.pdf
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