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This study aims to validate the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) instrument that is used to measure the Psychological Capital among lecturers in private institutes of higher learning in Malaysia. The instrument that is used is the instrument that is translated into Malay Language and the original instrument was taken from previous study. A number of 100 respondents were taken to be tested using the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) method and the reliability of Cronbach’s Alpha. The result shows five factors with the Eigen value more than 1.0 of the KMO (Kaise-Meyer-Olkin) value .799 > 0.06 shows the items in the PCQ instrument are adequate for inter-correlation. Moreover, the Bartlett Test is significant. Out of 23 PCQ items, only 1 item shows the weighting factor that is less than 0.6 where item 1 had to be eliminated. Finally, the value of the variants number which is indicated by the results of the analysis from the five factors are 70.378. Although the Alpha Cronbach value decreases from .822 to .815, it is still in the best range as suggested by previous scholars. Overall, findings show that items of PCQ instrument can measure what is to be measured.
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To Cite this Article: Puteh, B., Mokhtar, M. Y. O., Arifain, S. M. K., Idris, N. A., & Othman, W. N. W. (2022). The Validation of Psychological Capital Instrument: An Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) in Research Involving Lecturers in Private Institutes of Higher Learning in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(5), 713 – 723.
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