Development and validation of the international extension network advocacy capacity scale

Extension is sometimes viewed globally as less important than academic research and innovation, even though these networks are crucial to agricultural development. Using Lewin’s (1947) organizational change theory as a conceptual background, an instrument to measure advocacy capacity within internat...

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Autores principales: Lamm, Kevan W., Lamm, Alexa, Davis, Kristin E., Dobbins, Catherine, Powell, Alyssa
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142721
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author Lamm, Kevan W.
Lamm, Alexa
Davis, Kristin E.
Dobbins, Catherine
Powell, Alyssa
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description Extension is sometimes viewed globally as less important than academic research and innovation, even though these networks are crucial to agricultural development. Using Lewin’s (1947) organizational change theory as a conceptual background, an instrument to measure advocacy capacity within international extension networks was developed. The resulting scale was analyzed for content validity, response process validity, internal structure validity, and consequential validity. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed on the proposed scale. The underlying structure of the scale was found to load onto five factors. The five extracted factors were labelled: 1) network support of advocacy, 2) network integration of advocacy, 3) network influence in advocacy, 4) network visibility in advocacy, and 5) network advocacy performance. The overall International Extension Network Advocacy Capacity (IENAC) scale, and associated subscales were all found to have acceptable levels of validity.
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spelling CGSpace1427212025-02-24T06:49:35Z Development and validation of the international extension network advocacy capacity scale Lamm, Kevan W. Lamm, Alexa Davis, Kristin E. Dobbins, Catherine Powell, Alyssa advisory services agricultural extension advocacy capacity assessment rural areas Extension is sometimes viewed globally as less important than academic research and innovation, even though these networks are crucial to agricultural development. Using Lewin’s (1947) organizational change theory as a conceptual background, an instrument to measure advocacy capacity within international extension networks was developed. The resulting scale was analyzed for content validity, response process validity, internal structure validity, and consequential validity. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed on the proposed scale. The underlying structure of the scale was found to load onto five factors. The five extracted factors were labelled: 1) network support of advocacy, 2) network integration of advocacy, 3) network influence in advocacy, 4) network visibility in advocacy, and 5) network advocacy performance. The overall International Extension Network Advocacy Capacity (IENAC) scale, and associated subscales were all found to have acceptable levels of validity. 2021-12-29 2024-05-22T12:10:56Z 2024-05-22T12:10:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142721 en https://doi.org/10.5191/jiaee.2018.25204 https://doi.org/10.5191/jiaee.2017.24207 https://doi.org/10.5191/jiaee.2021.28301 https://doi.org/10.4148/2831-5960.1100 https://doi.org/10.4148/2831-5960.1120 https://doi.org/10.5191/jiaee.2019.26304 https://doi.org/10.5191/jiaee.2021.28408 https://doi.org/10.5191/jiaee.2021.283104 Open Access Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education Lamm, Kevan W.; Lamm, Alexa; Davis, Kristin E.; Dobbins, Catherine; and Powell, Alyssa. 2021. Development and validation of the international extension network advocacy capacity scale. Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education 28(5): 23-44. https://doi.org/10.4148/2831-5960.1029
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Lamm, Kevan W.
Lamm, Alexa
Davis, Kristin E.
Dobbins, Catherine
Powell, Alyssa
Development and validation of the international extension network advocacy capacity scale
title Development and validation of the international extension network advocacy capacity scale
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title_short Development and validation of the international extension network advocacy capacity scale
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topic advisory services
agricultural extension
advocacy
capacity assessment
rural areas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142721
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