Development of Synergistic Climate Scale: The Reliability and Validity of Turkish and Slovakian Forms

The purpose of this research is to develop a Synergistic Climate Scale (SCS) that can be used in organizations. Firstly prepared with 20 items, the scale was examined by five experts for its content validity, readability and intelligibility. As a result, two items were added to the scale, after experts' views. In the development of Turkish draft form of the scale in line with expert opinions, the form was employed to a sample of 242 master degree students that major in Education Management and Inspection Program co-maintained by Zirve University and Kahramanmaras Sütçü Imam University and 20 master degree students that attend the same program in Harran University; Education Management and Inspection. In total, 262 students filled the draft form. In the development of Slovakian draft form of the scale, it was employed to a sample of 154 participants; that is, 103 teachers and 16 principals getting in-service training in Slovakia Pedagocika Institute located in Vinne District and also 35 academicians working in Ruzomberok Catholic University. The structure validity was tested through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated to determine the reliability. As a result of the analysis, it was seen that Turkish form has two factors and 16 items while Slovakian form has 3 factors and 15 items. It is accepted the perceptions of persons toward synergistic climate of the organization will increase as the points got from the scale increase. The reverse is accepted to happen if the points got from the scale decrease.