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The Romance of Leadership Scale and Causal Attributions 1
Author(s) -
SCHYNS BIRGIT,
HANSBROUGH TIFFANY
Publication year - 2012
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.1559-1816.2012.00922.x
Subject(s) - attribution , romance , psychology , social psychology , scale (ratio) , construct (python library) , psychoanalysis , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
Two empirical studies examined the relationship between individual‐level Romance of Leadership and causal attributions to test and extend the construct validity of the Romance of Leadership Scale. As anticipated, Romance of Leadership significantly predicted attributions to the leader, but not to the situation or the followers. The effect of leader experience on the relationship between Romance of Leadership and attributions was also examined. It was determined that individuals high in Romance of Leadership weigh information about leader experience more heavily than do others. Implications for organizations are discussed.