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This study aims to develop and validate the instrument measuring Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) through Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). This study employed a cross-sectional research design. Study data was obtained from 100 randomly selected lecturers from Kedah Matriculation College using a self-administered questionnaire. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) procedure has explored the usefulness of measuring items and determined the dimensionality of the construct. Initially there are 30 items measuring the leadership practices construct in Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI). However, after the EFA procedure, the study found that 3 items with factor loading below the cut-off point of .60 were deleted and 27 items with a factor loading above the cut-off point of .6 were retained. The EFA procedure found 5 components that emerged from the items. The results of this study highlighted the importance of leadership practice among the lecturers in Matriculation College. This study validates the components that lead to improve the leadership practices among lecturers. This study adds a contribution to the measurement of the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), mainly in the Malaysia Matriculation College context.
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To Cite this Article: Wei, K. K., Noor, M. A. bin M., Mansor, M. binti & Awang, Z. (2021). Exploring and Developing Item Measuring Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI): An Exploratory Factor Analysis Procedure. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(7), 1332–1343.
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