Validity Evidence of the Ethical Leadership Behavior Scale (ELBS)
Abstract The study gathered evidence of validity based on the internal structure and relations with external variables of the Ethical Leadership Behavior Scale. The study participants were 405 workers of both sexes (64.7% female), aged 19-69 years (M = 35.7; SD = 10.9), who answered the Brazilian ve...
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| description | Abstract The study gathered evidence of validity based on the internal structure and relations with external variables of the Ethical Leadership Behavior Scale. The study participants were 405 workers of both sexes (64.7% female), aged 19-69 years (M = 35.7; SD = 10.9), who answered the Brazilian version of the scale and instruments to assess other constructs. The confirmatory factor analyses pointed to a final version of 35 items concentrated in a single factor, with an internal consistency index of 0.96. In the validity evidence in relation to external variables, the scale was positively and moderately correlated with work engagement, job satisfaction, and affective organizational commitment; weakly and positively with general mental health; and weakly and negatively with burnout. The future use of the scale in organizational research and diagnostics on ethical leadership behavior is recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2677c2d55b6479697efb7cdd47ea4302022-12-22T04:15:53ZengUniversidade de São FranciscoPsico-USF2175-35632019-07-0124234935910.1590/1413-82712019240211Validity Evidence of the Ethical Leadership Behavior Scale (ELBS)André Luis Amorim Silva Filhohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5698-9418Maria Cristina Ferreirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0752-6710Felipe Valentinihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0198-0958Abstract The study gathered evidence of validity based on the internal structure and relations with external variables of the Ethical Leadership Behavior Scale. The study participants were 405 workers of both sexes (64.7% female), aged 19-69 years (M = 35.7; SD = 10.9), who answered the Brazilian version of the scale and instruments to assess other constructs. The confirmatory factor analyses pointed to a final version of 35 items concentrated in a single factor, with an internal consistency index of 0.96. In the validity evidence in relation to external variables, the scale was positively and moderately correlated with work engagement, job satisfaction, and affective organizational commitment; weakly and positively with general mental health; and weakly and negatively with burnout. The future use of the scale in organizational research and diagnostics on ethical leadership behavior is recommended.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-82712019000200349&tlng=enfactor analysisstatistical validityleadershipethicswork |
| spellingShingle | André Luis Amorim Silva Filho Maria Cristina Ferreira Felipe Valentini Validity Evidence of the Ethical Leadership Behavior Scale (ELBS) Psico-USF factor analysis statistical validity leadership ethics work |
| title | Validity Evidence of the Ethical Leadership Behavior Scale (ELBS) |
| title_full | Validity Evidence of the Ethical Leadership Behavior Scale (ELBS) |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Validity Evidence of the Ethical Leadership Behavior Scale (ELBS) |
| title_short | Validity Evidence of the Ethical Leadership Behavior Scale (ELBS) |
| title_sort | validity evidence of the ethical leadership behavior scale elbs |
| topic | factor analysis statistical validity leadership ethics work |
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