Table 4.

Users and leaders’ perspectives

Description	Themes
Similarities across stakeholder groups	Relevance of the concept in the current context
	Required clarification of terms used to describe validity as a social imperative
	Similarities and differences with modern theories of validity and validity as a social imperative
	Challenges in the application of the concept for practice
Differences between the two stakeholder groups	Differing conceptualizations of the importance of assessment and validity
	Society as a driving force to achieve different ends