Development and Preliminary Validation of the Interest in Leadership Scale
Interest pertains to an individual’s psychological arousal toward a topic, which is thought to motivate effort allocation and attention. Interest in leadership has been identified as a potential antecedent of leader development; however, supporting empirical evidence has been hindered by the lack of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-01-01
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| Series: | SAGE Open |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019900182 |
| Summary: | Interest pertains to an individual’s psychological arousal toward a topic, which is thought to motivate effort allocation and attention. Interest in leadership has been identified as a potential antecedent of leader development; however, supporting empirical evidence has been hindered by the lack of a relevant scale to measure the construct. Study 1 outlines the development of the Interest in Leadership Scale (ILS) using Rasch scale development principles. Study 2 establishes the predictive validity of the ILS with self-rated leadership emergence and transformational leadership behaviors. This measure is likely to prove useful in the future measurement of and research into the topic of interest in leadership. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-2440 |