An investigation of the dimensions of decisional capital for novice teachers
Journal of Professional Capital and Community
ISSN: 2056-9548
Article publication date: 26 March 2024
Issue publication date: 24 April 2024
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to propose and explore a conceptualization of decisional capital that is suitable for early career teachers.
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses exploratory factor analysis on a sample of early career teachers to examine a literature-derived conceptualization of decisional capital.
Findings
The factors that emerged support the literature-derived conceptualization. A subsequent confirmatory factor analysis on a second sample of early career teachers offers additional evidence for the proposed conceptualization. An exploration of the underlying factor structure comparing results across four competing models (i.e. unidimensional, correlated factors, second order, and bifactor) suggests that a second order factor explains the variance across the three proposed factors well. We conclude that this second order factor is decisional capital.
Originality/value
This is the first study that examines the discrete elements of decisional capital. Understanding these discrete elements is an avenue for investigation into the development of decisional capital beyond the acknowledgment that it takes time to develop.
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Citation
Kehinde, O.J., Walls, J., Mayeaux, A. and Comeaux, A. (2024), "An investigation of the dimensions of decisional capital for novice teachers", Journal of Professional Capital and Community, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 121-134. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-10-2023-0067
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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