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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 29, 2014 - Issue 3
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Evaluating positive leadership: pilot study on the psychometric properties of a reduced version of the Positive Leadership Assessment Scale / Evaluando el liderazgo positivo: estudio piloto de las propiedades psicométricas de una versión reducida del Positive Leadership Assessment Scale

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Pages 589-608 | Received 23 Nov 2012, Accepted 11 Jun 2013, Published online: 11 Nov 2014
 

Abstract

Positive leadership is considered a fundamental factor which contributes significantly to the development of healthy organizations. Positive leadership has been address via other leadership models, primarily transformational and authentic leadership, with which some affinities have been established. Although there is a large body of literature on positive leadership, especially related to its practical aspects, the construct is not properly delimited and there are only a few relevant contributions on how to measure it. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a pilot study to examine the psychometric properties of a reduced version of the PLAS (Positive Leadership Assessment Scale). Results from a confirmatory factorial analysis show that a five-correlated factors model achieves a good fit with the empirical data (on a sample of Spanish students). Likewise, this study also offers a range of evidence of validity, showing a relationship with the constructs of both transformational and authentic leadership and engagement.

Resumen

El liderazgo positivo se considera un factor fundamental que contribuye de forma notoria al desarrollo de organizaciones saludables. El liderazgo positivo se ha abordado a partir de otros modelos de liderazgo, fundamentalmente el transformacional y auténtico con los que se ha establecido algún tipo de afinidad. Aunque existe una importante literatura sobre el liderazgo positivo, especialmente relacionada con aspectos prácticos, el constructo no está adecuadamente delimitado y apenas existen investigaciones relevantes sobre su evaluación. El objetivo del presente trabajo es realizar un estudio piloto que examine las propiedades psicométricas de una versión reducida del Positive Leadership Assestment Scale. Los resultados del análisis factorial confirmatorio en una muestra de estudiantes españoles muestran que el modelo de cinco factores correlacionados logra un buen ajuste a los datos empíricos. Así mismo, se obtuvieron distintas evidencias de validez, encontrando relación con los constructos tanto de liderazgo transformacional y auténtico, como engagement.

Acknowledgements / Agradecimientos

This study was partly conducted with funds from research project PI10/01272 financed by the Instituto de Salud ‘Carlos III’. / Esta investigación se realizó en parte con fondos del proyecto de investigación PI10/01272 financiado por el instituto de Salud ‘Carlos III’.

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