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Do we measure leadership effectively? Articulating and evaluating scale development psychometrics for best practice
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posted on 2023-05-19, 19:34 authored by Joseph CrawfordJoseph Crawford, Jo-Anne KelderJo-Anne KelderLeadership assessment has been a particular point of difficulty for contemporary scholarship, with many practitioners rejecting academically-driven leadership instruments and scales and preferring their own, less rigorous, scales. We believe that current conceptualizations and measurements of leadership are problematic, indicated by contemporary challenges that can be widely understood as failures of leadership (e.g. the Australian Banking Royal Commission and Volkswagen's ‘Dieselgate’). Also, how effective leadership is measured needs to change. This paper presents a systematic review of 17 leadership scales developed in the new millennium. The majority of scales lack some degree of rigor. Our response has been to conduct eighteen critical checks over four stages of scale development: theory generation, item development, content validity, and empirical evaluation. On the premise that understanding past practices, with their limitations, can be used to drive forward a suite of more effective organizational tools, we provide best practice recommendations using contemporary psychometric research.
History
Publication title
The Leadership QuarterlyVolume
30Pagination
133-144ISSN
1048-9843Department/School
TSBEPublisher
Elsevier SciencePlace of publication
New York, USARights statement
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