Leadership
From Measures toolchest
Abusive Supervision
- Tepper, B. J. (2000). Consequences of abusive supervision. Academy of Management Journal, 43, 178–190. 15 item scale to rate frequency of abusive instances.
- Used in Tepper, Bennett J.; Henle, Christine A.; Lambert, Lisa Schurer; Giacalone, Robert A.; Duffy, Michelle K. 2008. Abusive Supervision and Subordinates Organization Deviance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(4):721-732.
Leader-aroused Behavior
- Novel measure designed to measure level of arousal of the leader, based on evidence that body cues communicate arousal level in Ekman, P. (1965). Differential communication of affect by head and body cues. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2, 726–735.
- Used in Erez, Amir; Misangyi, Vilmos F.; Johnson, Diane E.; LePine, Marcie A.; Halverson, Kent C. 2008. Stirring the hearts of followers: Charismatic leadership as the transferal of affect. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(3):602-616.
Leader Charisma
- Bass, B. M., & Avolio, B. J. (1990). Transformational leadership development: Manual for the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press. Members rate extent to which their leader is characterized by items on the MLQ.
- Used in Erez, Amir; Misangyi, Vilmos F.; Johnson, Diane E.; LePine, Marcie A.; Halverson, Kent C. 2008. Stirring the hearts of followers: Charismatic leadership as the transferal of affect. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(3):602-616. Cronbach's alpha=.97.
Leader Effectiveness
- Origins in theory from Judge, T. A., Bono, J. Y., Ilies, R., & Gerhardt, M. W. (2002). Personality and leadership: A qualitative and quantitative review. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 765–780. 9 item scale for supervisors to rate subordinates on aspects of leadership effectiveness.
- Used in Ng, Kok-Yee; Ang, Soon; Chan, Kim-Yin. 2008. Personality and Leader Effectiveness. A Moderated Mediation Model of Leadership Self Efficacy, Job Demands and Job Autonomy. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(4):733-743. Cronbach's alpha=.94
Leader Member Exchange
- Graen, G. B., & Uhl-Bien, M. (1995). Relationship-based approach to leadership: Development of leader-member exchange (LMX) theory of leadership over 25 years: Applying a multi-level, multi-domain perspective. Leadership Quarterly, 6, 219–247. 7 items to measure leader-member exchange.
- Used in Ozer, Muammer. (2008). Personal and task-related moderators of leader-member exchange among software developers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93:5, 1174-1182. Cronbach's alpha=.85.
Leadership Self Efficacy
- Chemers, M. M., Watson, C. B., & May, S. T. (2000). Dispositional affect and leader effectiveness: A comparison of self-esteem, optimism, and efficacy. Personality and Social Psychology, 26, 267–277. 11 item scale for participants to rate their beliefs about their own leadership abilities in specific areas.
- Used in Ng, Kok-Yee; Ang, Soon; Chan, Kim-Yin. 2008. Personality and Leader Effectiveness. A Moderated Mediation Model of Leadership Self Efficacy, Job Demands and Job Autonomy. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(4):733-743. Cronbach's alpha=.96
Supervisor Communication
- Harris, K. J., & Kacmar, K. M. (2005). Easing the strain: The buffer role of supervisors in the perceptions of politics-strain relationship. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 18, 337-354. 4-item scale
Transformational Leadership
- Bass, B., & Avolio, B. (1995). MLQ Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire for Research. Redwood City, CA: Mind Garden. 20 items
