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Standardization And Validation Of A Scale To Measure The Role Performance Of Street Eateries In The Livelihood Aspects Of Street Food Sectors
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AUTHOR(S)
Thatchinamoorthy.C J.Meenambigai
KEYWORDS
Scale development, Likert technique, Standardization and validation, Livelihood aspects of Street Food Sectors.
ABSTRACT
The street food industry plays an important role in cities and towns of many developing countries particularly India and in meeting the food demands of city dwellers. Role performance in terms of the overt behaviour of an individual, it is more or less a characteristic way in which the individual acts as an occupant of a position. Many past researchers have identified role performance psychological variables to determine the level of role performance. Hence, the necessity to develop a scale to measure the role performance of street eateries in the livelihood aspects of street food sectors, in this context, the present study was undertaken for scale construction by using the Likert scaling technique has been utilized standardization and validation of a scale for administration. The scale was found to be reliable and valid.
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