Psychometrics of the Persian version of the scale for assessing the autonomous work behavior of faculty members in Iran

Background: The autonomy of faculty members is vital for making the right decision in their work and professional development. Given need lack appropriate tools to measure autonomous behavior members, current study was conducted with collaboration from Shahid Beheshti University Medical Sciences, aiming at assessing psychometrics Persian version a scale Iran. Methods: developed by Evers et alwas validated this psychometric study. A total 480 were selected using convenience sampling. After translation cultural adaptation, face content validity reliability checked, construct calculated confirmatory factor analysis Lisrel software. Results: Of participants, 225 (46.9%) males, 255 (53.1%) females. mean age subjects 37.39±7.58 years. majority (360; 75%) had rank assistant professor, 360 (75%) less than 15 years experience. Content among 20 experts 0.88. Confirmatory all 25 items loaded across four factors, four-factor showed good fit Iranian community. Reliability Cronbach’s alpha 0.85, 0.9 test-retest method. Conclusion: has Iran useful tool that educational administrators can use.