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The Belief in Equality Inventory and Leadership Behavior: A Construct Validation
Author(s) -
Gray David B.,
Connor Sheila,
Decatur Michael
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1994.tb00587.x
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , delegate , psychology , elite , construct validity , social psychology , population , sample (material) , developmental psychology , political science , psychometrics , computer science , sociology , politics , chemistry , demography , chromatography , law , programming language
The belief‐in‐equality construct is defined as the belief that general ability and potential are widely distributed throughout the human population, rather than being limited to an elite minority. Data from a 21‐item belief‐in‐equality inventory and from two construct‐validation tasks were gathered using a liberal‐arts undergraduate sample of 201 students. Of the two validation tasks, one indicated strong construct validity ( p < .015), however, the second one produced correctly patterned but insignificant results. The results showed that leaders with a high belief in equality put more funds into training their subordinates and had a tendency to delegate more authority to them than leaders with a weak belief in equality.