The MLQ revisited psychometric properties and recommendations

Manuel J. Tejeda; Teresa Scandura; Rajnandini Pillai

doi:10.1016/S1048-9843(01)00063-7

The MLQ revisited psychometric properties and recommendations

Manuel J. Tejeda, Teresa Scandura, Rajnandini Pillai

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Abstract

The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) is one of the most widely used instruments to measure transformational and transactional leader behaviors in the organizational sciences. A review of this literature reveals inconsistent research findings, which may be due to the psychometric properties of the MLQ. Data from four samples of managers were employed to investigate the underlying factor structure of the MLQ. In independent samples, the data fail to support the hypothesized structure of the MLQ in first- and second-order confirmatory factor analyses (CFA). However, a reduced set of items from the MLQ appear to show preliminary evidence of construct and predictive validity. Implications for future research and theoretical development are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-52
Number of pages	22
Journal	Leadership Quarterly
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1048-9843(01)00063-7
State	Published - Mar 1 2001

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Tejeda, M. J., Scandura, T., & Pillai, R. (2001). The MLQ revisited psychometric properties and recommendations. Leadership Quarterly, 12(1), 31-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1048-9843(01)00063-7

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