Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(12A), pp. 7957 - 7973
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082584
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Arabic Version of Hearing Impairment of Teachers Job Satisfaction: Validation of Measurement Instrument Using Partial Least Square

Sulaiman M. Alshutwi , Aznan Che Ahmad ^*, Lay Wah Lee
School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang, 11800, Malaysia

ABSTRACT

Hearing impairment of teachers' job satisfaction is an aspect that deals with affective. Earlier studies had reported that it could stimulate attitude and efficiency of teachers towards their job. Meanwhile, most of the instruments available to measure this construct were validated using outdated psychometric methods. This study therefore adopted a survey research type of non-experimental design to adapt Teachers Job Satisfaction for Hearing Impairment Scale (TJSHIS). The sample consisted of two hundred and nine (209) teachers of hearing impairment from twenty schools randomly selected from co-educational public schools in Saudi Arabia. Data were analysed using, Parallel Analysis (PA), Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Measurement model and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The results showed that the scale was reliable and had construct validity. Also, the scale was reduced from sixty-five (65) to forty-four (44) items across three (3) factors with final compliance indices chi-square: = 2020.196, p = 0.31, RMSEA= 0.05, TLI = 0.95, SRMR= 0.015, CFI= 0.97, AIC= 27944.582 and BIC= 28395.798. The composite reliability index of the three (3) factors of TJSHIS was 0.93, while the reliability index of each of the subscales of the TJSHIS ranged from 0.91 to 0.95. The author encourages researchers to use the scale for measuring hearing impairment teachers job satisfaction in Arab countries.

KEYWORDS
Job Satisfaction, Hearing Impairment, Partial Least Square- Structural Equation Modeling

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[1] Sulaiman M. Alshutwi , Aznan Che Ahmad , Lay Wah Lee , "Arabic Version of Hearing Impairment of Teachers Job Satisfaction: Validation of Measurement Instrument Using Partial Least Square," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 12A, pp. 7957 - 7973, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082584.

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Sulaiman M. Alshutwi , Aznan Che Ahmad , Lay Wah Lee (2020). Arabic Version of Hearing Impairment of Teachers Job Satisfaction: Validation of Measurement Instrument Using Partial Least Square. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(12A), 7957 - 7973. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082584.