Development, Testing, and Psychometric Validation of Pareto Principle Questionnaire (PPQ) for Leaders at University Level in Pakistan
Keywords:
Prioritization, Pareto Analysis, Pareto Thinking, Quadrants MatrixAbstract
Leadership plays a basic role in an organization's never-ending success, and leaders' decision-making techniques are considered the basic cause of their success or failure. The Pareto Principle is a decision-making strategy used by leaders in organizations. The core aim of this study was the development and preliminary testing of a newly developed scale named “Pareto Principle Questionnaire” (PPQ) that would assess the application of the Pareto Principle by university-level leadership. The first sketch of the questionnaire was developed using literature related to the Pareto Principle. Through the multistage sampling technique, 227 top (Principal, Director, and Chairman) and middle (Head of departments, another supervisory faculty) level leaders were nominated for this study as a sample. Factor Analysis was accompanied by returned data from 227 leaders at the university level who responded to the questionnaire (PPQ). The PPQ consisted of five major factors and 52 items. The suitability of the model factorial validity and inter-item correction was obtained by exploratory factor analysis, and it was concluded that it satisfied statistical standards. The construct efficacy (0.95), convergent efficacy (0.94), and discriminant efficacy (0.97) of PPQ are also a good fit; however, some subscales revealed low internal consistency, indicating the need for supplementary research regarding PPQ. This was suggested based on the conclusion scale, which needs more empirical evidence from other organizations instead of university-level leadership for more generalized results.
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