An investigation of the generalizability of the Houghton and Neck Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire to a Chinese context

Purpose - Seeks to examine the psychometric properties and construct validity of the Houghton and Neck Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire (RSLQ) in a Chinese context.Design methodology approach - The RSLQ was administered to 559 Chinese employees of a large petroleum transportation company. Analy...

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Published inJournal of managerial psychology Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 360 - 373
Main Authors Neubert, Mitchell J, Cindy Wu, Ju-Chien
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006
Subjects
Behavior
Collectivism
Creativity
Cross cultural studies
Culture
Economic reform
Employees
Generalizability
Goal setting
Leadership
Neck
Occupational psychology
Petroleum
Psychometric properties
Questionnaires
Studies
Validation
Validation studies
Validity
China
Leadership
Cross-cultural studies
China
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Summary:Purpose - Seeks to examine the psychometric properties and construct validity of the Houghton and Neck Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire (RSLQ) in a Chinese context.Design methodology approach - The RSLQ was administered to 559 Chinese employees of a large petroleum transportation company. Analyses included reliability assessments, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and tests of association with creativity and performance.Findings - The RSLQ did not uniformly generalize to a Chinese context. The best fitting model included the self-leadership dimensions of goal-setting, visualizing successful performance, self-talk, self-reward, and self-punishment. The modified RSLQ was positively associated with creativity and in-role performance.Research limitations implications - Although this study supports some components of self-leadership generalizing to a Chinese context, the results suggest that further validation work is required on the RSLQ.Practical implications - Managers will be well served to understand which dimensions of self-leadership are generalizable across cultures, and how to measure the existence and development of such practices.Originality value - This research makes a significant contribution to research on self-leadership by investigating the generalizability of the RSLQ to working adults in a non-Western culture.
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ISSN:0268-3946
1758-7778
DOI:10.1108/02683940610663132