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Extending self‐leadership research to the East: Measurement equivalence of the Chinese and English versions of the MSLQ
Author(s) -
Ho Jessie,
Nesbit Paul L.,
Jepsen Denise,
Demirian Soseh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2011.01366.x
Subject(s) - psychology , measurement invariance , equivalence (formal languages) , collectivism , social psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , sample (material) , individualism , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics , political science , pure mathematics , chemistry , chromatography , law
In response to calls regarding the applicability of self‐leadership measurement in Eastern (collectivistic) and Western (individualistic) cultures, this study examined the psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the modified self‐leadership questionnaire (MSLQ). The sample consisted of 395 Chinese students and 241 Australian students. Results revealed that the modified self‐leadership questionnaire exhibited a satisfactory condition of psychometric properties across cultures. A series of multi‐sample confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated the cross‐cultural similarity of an 11‐factor model across the Chinese and Australian samples. The modified self‐leadership questionnaire was also found to possess measurement invariance, suggesting that it is appropriate for cross‐cultural research assessing differences of self‐leadership behaviour across Chinese and Western cultures. Implications for future research are also discussed.