The adaptation of psychological climate scale into Turkish: the study of validity and reliabilityPsikolojik iklim ölçeğinin Türkçeye uyarlanması: geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması

In this study it was aimed to adapt Psychological Climate Scale (Brown & Leigh, 1996) into Turkish. It was originally developed for business organizations but while adapting it into Turkish the items were adjusted to educational settings. There were 745 teachers in two different study groups. To test the language validity of the scale, Pearson Correlation coefficient between English and Turkish versions was calculated. They were responded by English teachers with a two week interval. Findings indicated a high correlation (r=,859; p