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标题：Development and Validation of Scales to Measure Capacity Building, Economic Empowerment, and Barriers to Economic Empowerment
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作者：Bede Obinna Amadi
期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
期号：8
页码：140-152
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：To measure capacity building, economic empowerment, and barriers to economic empowerment among youths involved in vocational skills development some scales were designed by the researcher while other scales were used either in their original or modified versions. The paper presents the scales developed by the researcher to measure these variables. Scales measuring the participants' skills acquisition, economic empowerment, and barriers to economic empowerment were designed by the researcher. Training satisfaction scale was modified to measure the participants' perception of training received. Self-esteem, perceived control, and personal growth initiative scales were used in their original versions. Using a factorial analysis, the cronbach's alpha of the developed instruments achieved a reliability level at or above .70. The developed scales have contributed to knowledge as they can be used to measure future research questions. It is hoped that several research directions could be pursued using the developed scales
关键词：Skill Acquisition; Economic Empowerment; Scales; Barriers; Factorial Analysis