Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica (Sep 2016)

Authentic Leadership Questionnaire: invariance between samples of Brazilian and Portuguese employees

  • Clarissa S. Cervo,
  • Lisete dos Santos Mendes Mónico,
  • Nuno Rebelo dos Santos,
  • Claudio Simon Hutz,
  • Leonor Pais

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-016-0046-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 0

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Abstract The Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) is used to assess authentic leadership (AL). Although ALQ is often used in empirical research, cross-cultural studies with this measure are scarce. Aiming to contribute to filling this gap, this study assesses the invariance of the ALQ measure between samples of Brazilian (N= 1019) and Portuguese (N= 842) employees. A multi-group confirmatory factor analysis was performed, and the results showed the invariance of the first- and second-order factor models between the Brazilian and Portuguese samples. The results are discussed considering their cultural setting, with the study’s limitations and future research directions being pointed out.

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