FACTORS CONFIRMING AND INVARIANCE EXAMINING OF BOBBIO & MANGANELLI’ LEADERSHIP SELF-EFFICACY MEASUREMENT MODEL
Keywords:
Leadership self-efficacy, Confirmatory factor analysis, Multiple group analysisAbstract
This study aimed (1) to conduct a confirmatory factor analysis of the measurement model of leadership self-efficacy proposed by Bobbio and Manganelli, and (2) to examine the measurement invariance of the leadership self-efficacy model across personal factors. The 454 samples were Educational Administration program students, Bangkokthonburi University, obtained through stratified random sampling. Data were collected by a 5 rating-scale questionnaire, with IOC of each item = 1.00, and reliability = 0.91. Data were analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis and multigroup analysis.
The findings revealed that: (1) the measurement model of students’ leadership self-efficacy comprised of three components, namely (a) confidence and consensus to lead, (b) interpersonal relationships management, and (c) change adaptable and transformational leadership, with goodness of fit indexes as the follows: ( = 80.825; df = 63;
/df = 1.283; NFI = .980; CFI = .995; RMSEA = .025; AIC = 224.825; P = .065) and (2) the measurement model of leadership self-efficacy was not invariant across gender, age, work experience, job position, educational level, school affiliation, school size, school level, and school location. (configural model & Measurement weights: P > .05; ∆RMSEA and ∆CFI < .05).
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