The principled leadership scale : an integration of value-based leadership
Date
2019
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AOSIS Publishing
Abstract
Orientation: A need exists to investigate leader behaviour necessary to curb the corruption that has infected and weakened South Africa’s moral fibre. Such leader behaviour would need to be underpinned by a set of universal moral values.
Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a new measure, the principled leadership scale (PLS), by integrating the value-based behaviours inherent in transformational, servant, authentic and ethical leadership.
Motivation for the study: Leader behaviour intrinsic to value-based leadership was found to be closely aligned with universal moral values. Because the study found a considerable overlap between the behaviours mentioned in the value-based leadership theories, it sought to integrate these behaviours under one construct and to develop a reliable and valid scale to assess this construct.
Research approach/design and method: Data from the quantitative study were analysed by means of item analysis, exploratory and confirmatory bi-factor analysis conducted via structural equation modelling.
Main findings: The confirmatory bi-factor solution corroborated a strong general principled leadership factor and four moderately weak group factors. The statistical analyses provided good fit of the PLS measurement model with the empirical data.
Practical and managerial implications: The study found acceptable measurement properties of the PLS that may be used for applications, such as the selecting, training and developing of ethical leadership in organisations.
Contribution/value-add: The study adds value in that it is the first to integrate the four value-based leadership theories under one construct and to develop a potential psychometrically sound instrument to measure principled leadership.
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CITATION: Hendrikz, K. & Engelbrecht, A. S. 2017. The principled leadership scale : an integration of value-based leadership. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology / SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 45:a1553, doi:10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1553.
The original publication is available at http://www.sajip.co.za
Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.
The original publication is available at http://www.sajip.co.za
Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.
Keywords
Leadership -- Moral and ethical aspects, Values-based leadership, Servant leadership, Transformational leadership
Citation
Hendrikz, K. & Engelbrecht, A. S. 2017. The principled leadership scale : an integration of value-based leadership. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology / SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 45:a1553, doi:10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1553