Translation and Adaptation of Unethical Professional Behaviour Tendencies Scale for Teachers

Abstract

The present study translates and adapts the Unethical Professional Behaviour Tendencies Scale for University Teachers. Two independent studies were designed with the aim of translation, adaptation, and factor structuring (EFA) (Study-I), and the second study confirmed the factor structure of the scale (CFA)(Study-II). We used back-translation procedure (Brislin, 1976) for translation of the scale. Two exclusive samples (N = 330 &N = 327) of university teachers were recruited through a purposive sampling technique for study-I and study-II, respectively. For both the studies the age of participants ranged between 25-55 years(M = 39.38, SD = 6.77; M = 38.65, SD = 7.01). Original version of Unethical Professional Behavior Tendencies Scale (Wang et al., 2021) comprised 12 items with four subscales named as Perfunctory Attitude and Carelessness, insults and Discrimination, Unfairness, and Using Power for Personal Gain. After translation and adaptation, one item was deleted as it was not applicable to university teachers. In EFA, with promax rotation, the scale has eleven items with only two subscales named as carelessness&unfairness, insult&discrimination. After that, CFA was performed, to confirmthe factor structure of the scale. The implications, limitations, and recommendations for future studies were also discussed.