Reliability and validity of Chinese version of the Manager's Activities Scale

Objective To evaluate the reliability and validity of Chinese version of the Manager's Activities Scale (MAS). Methods MAS was administered to 350 nurses and evaluated for the reliability and validity using SPSS17.0 and AMOS 17.0. Results The Cronbach's α of MAS was 0.92 and the testretest reliability was 0.902 and the content validity was 0.96.The correlations between each item and total scale were ranged from 0.720 to 0.823.One factor was extracted by exploratory factor analysis and could explain 56.98％ of the total variance.The confirmatory factor analysis revealed a good fit of the model to the data based on various fit indices (x2/df ratio =1.301,GFI=0.963,AGFI＝0.927,NFI=0.966,IFI＝0.992,TLI=0.987,CFI=0.992,RMSEA=0.039). Conclusions Chinese version of MAS is reliable and valid,and can be used in the research of Chinese nursing leadership. Key words: Nurses; Manager's Activities Scale; Leadership; Reliability; Validity