Extending self‐leadership research to the East: Measurement equivalence of the Chinese and English versions of the MSLQ |
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Authors: | Jessie Ho Paul L. Nesbit Denise Jepsen Soseh Demirian |
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Affiliation: | 1. Macquarie Graduate School of Management;2. Department of Business;3. Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, North Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | collectivistic culture individualistic culture measurement equivalence modified self‐leadership questionnaire (MSLQ) psychometric properties self‐leadership |
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