Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
School of Management Sciences
Department of Human Resources Management
Selected Highlights from Research Findings
This study is part of a larger research project in collaboration with the University of Western Sydney (Australia) and the University of Tromsø (Norway) that focuses on gender issues in aviation. The aim of this study was to establish the differential item functioning and construct equivalence of the Aviation Gender Attitude Questionnaire (AGAQ) to determine the generalisability of the instrument across two national cultures (South African and Australian). Data was collected from a sample of South African and Australian aircraft pilots and analysed by means of various analytical procedures. To establish the intercultural equivalence of the AGAQ, multivariate methods for item analysis and the comparison of factor structures were used. The scale-level statistics confirmed the equivalence of the AGAQ scales for both samples in the aviation contexts. It was unequivocally established that the AGAQ is a valid and culturally non-biased measure that can be used to assess South African and Australian aviators’ perceptions of gender-related pilot behaviour.
Contact person: Prof LP Vermeulen.
This study is part of a larger research project in collaboration with the University of Western Sydney (Australia) and the University of Tromsø (Norway) that focuses on gender issues in aviation. The aim of this study was to establish the differential item functioning and construct equivalence of the Aviation Gender Attitude Questionnaire (AGAQ) to determine the generalisability of the instrument across two national cultures (South African and Australian). Data was collected from a sample of South African and Australian aircraft pilots and analysed by means of various analytical procedures. To establish the intercultural equivalence of the AGAQ, multivariate methods for item analysis and the comparison of factor structures were used. The scale-level statistics confirmed the equivalence of the AGAQ scales for both samples in the aviation contexts. It was unequivocally established that the AGAQ is a valid and culturally non-biased measure that can be used to assess South African and Australian aviators’ perceptions of gender-related pilot behaviour.
Contact person: Prof P Schaap.
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