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Leadership competency inventory: A systematic process of developing and validating a leadership competency scale
Author(s) -
Joon Yoon Hyung,
Hoon Song Ji,
Donahue Wesley E.,
Woodley Katheryn K.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of leadership studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1935-262X
pISSN - 1935-2611
DOI - 10.1002/jls.20176
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , exploratory factor analysis , variance (accounting) , scale (ratio) , reliability (semiconductor) , applied psychology , validity , psychometrics , structural equation modeling , clinical psychology , statistics , accounting , business , mathematics , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
This article reports psychometric evaluation of the Penn State Leadership Competency Inventory (LCI). The 32‐item LCI was validated on a sample of 323 managers in the health care industry. Preliminary validity and reliability evidence of the LCI was established through exploratory factor analysis (EFA), item‐total correlations, Cronbach's alpha coefficients, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The four‐factor leadership competency scale, comprising supervisory and managerial competencies, organizational leadership, personal mastery, and resource leadership, accounted for 58% of variance. According to CFA results, the model fit of the four latent factors of the LCI was confirmed to be appropriate. Cross‐validation with other populations is needed to confirm the factor structure. Limitations and further research recommendations are discussed.