DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE SITUATIONAL JUDGEMENT TEST ON LEADERSHIP (SJT-L)

Abstract

       The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a leadership test named Situational Judgement Test on Leadership (SJT-L) to assess the level of leadership skill in adolescent girls studying in a semi-government school of Lahore, Pakistan. The study was conducted in four distinct phases. In first phase, two focus group interviews were conducted to record the “critical incidents” from the context of the population under study. These incidents helped the researchers to develop 17 scenarios and their responses. In phase two and three, a systematic and evidence-based approach developed by Yusoff (2019^{a, b}) to conduct content validation and face validation respectively was adopted. Through this intensive process, total fifteen scenarios with five responses were retained. In last phase, SJT-L was administered to 152 girl students of grade VI-X at the same school. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to categorize the items in SJT-L. After the factor loading analysis, all the 15 items were finalized. Four factors were identified including Self-Management Skill (5 items), Social Engagement Skill (5 items), Collaborative Learning Skill (3 items) and Futuristic Thinking Skill (2 items). The Cronbach alpha value for SJT-L was 0.86 for 15 items. For each sub-scale, the Cronbach alpha value ranged from 0.88 to 0.96. The results indicated that SJT-L is valid as well as reliable and can be used to assess leadership skill in adolescent girls.