NDLI: Development and preliminary validation of a leadership competency instrument for existing and emerging allied health professional leaders

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Ang, Hui-Gek Koh, Jeremy Meng-Yeow Lee, Jeffrey Pua, Yong-Hao
Abstract	Background No instruments, to our knowledge, exist to assess leadership competency in existing and emerging allied health professional (AHP) leaders. This paper describes the development and preliminary exploration of the psychometric properties of a leadership competency instrument for existing and emerging AHP leaders and examines (i) its factor structure, (ii) its convergent validity with the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), and (iii) its discriminative validity in AHPs with different grades. Methods During development, we included 25 items in the AHEAD (Aspiring leaders in Healthcare-Empowering individuals, Achieving excellence, Developing talents) instrument. A cross-sectional study was then conducted in 106 high-potential AHPs from Singapore General Hospital (34 men and 72 women) of different professional grades (49 principal-grade AHPs, 41 senior-grade AHPs, and 16 junior-grade AHPs) who completed both AHEAD and LPI instruments. Exploratory factor analysis was used to test the theoretical structure of AHEAD. Spearman correlation analysis was performed to evaluate the convergent validity of AHEAD with LPI. Using proportional odds regression models, we evaluated the association of grades of AHPs with AHEAD and LPI. To assess discriminative validity, the c-statistics – a measure of discrimination – were derived from these ordinal models. Results As theorized, factor analysis suggested a two-factor solution, where “skills” and “values” formed separate factors. Internal consistency of AHEAD was excellent (α-values > 0.88). Total and component AHEAD and LPI scores correlated moderately (Spearman ρ-values, 0.37 to 0.58). The c-index for discriminating between AHP grades was higher for AHEAD than for the LPI (0.76 vs. 0.65). Conclusion The factorial structure of AHEAD was generally supported in our study. AHEAD showed convergent validity with the LPI and outperformed the LPI in terms of discriminative validity. These results provide initial evidence for the use of AHEAD to assess leadership competency in AHPs.
Related Links	https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12913-016-1301-1.pdf
Ending Page	8
Page Count	8
Starting Page	1
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	14726963
DOI	10.1186/s12913-016-1301-1
Journal	BMC Health Services Research
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	16
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2016-02-19
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Health Administration Health Informatics Nursing Research Exploratory Factor Analysis Discriminative Validity Convergent Validity Interpersonal Skill Ally Health Professional
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health Policy

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Validity and reliability of a multiple-group measurement scale for interprofessional collaboration

Retention of allied health professionals in rural New South Wales: a thematic analysis of focus group discussions

Retention of the rural allied health workforce in New South Wales: a comparison of public and private practitioners

Perceptions of public health nursing Team Leaders (TLs) and Team Supervisors (TSs) on nurse’s development in Fiji

Development and preliminary validation of a public health emergency competency model for medical staffs of national health emergency teams in China

Development and initial validation of the addressing client needs with social determinants of health scale (ACN: SDH)

Development and validation of the interpersonal communication assessment tool for assessing the interpersonal communication skills of public health midwives

A national survey of osteopaths’ conceptions of practice in France: structural validity of the Osteo-TAQfr and the tendency toward technical rationality

The questions on violence (FOV) tool for interpersonal violence inquiry in Swedish healthcare settings – evaluation of content validity, face validity and test-retest reliability

Development and preliminary validation of a leadership competency instrument for existing and emerging allied health professional leaders

Similar Documents

Validity and reliability of a multiple-group measurement scale for interprofessional collaboration

Retention of allied health professionals in rural New South Wales: a thematic analysis of focus group discussions

Retention of the rural allied health workforce in New South Wales: a comparison of public and private practitioners

Perceptions of public health nursing Team Leaders (TLs) and Team Supervisors (TSs) on nurse’s development in Fiji

Development and preliminary validation of a public health emergency competency model for medical staffs of national health emergency teams in China

Development and initial validation of the addressing client needs with social determinants of health scale (ACN: SDH)

Development and validation of the interpersonal communication assessment tool for assessing the interpersonal communication skills of public health midwives

A national survey of osteopaths’ conceptions of practice in France: structural validity of the Osteo-TAQfr and the tendency toward technical rationality

The questions on violence (FOV) tool for interpersonal violence inquiry in Swedish healthcare settings – evaluation of content validity, face validity and test-retest reliability

Development and preliminary validation of a leadership competency instrument for existing and emerging allied health professional leaders