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Authentic Leadership can be Measured Within Organizations Through the use of Leadership Assessment Centers: A Factor Analytic Study of the Authentic Leadership Construct

Smith, Nicole K
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1481584672777606

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2016, BA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
The need for authentic leaders has been increasing due to corporate scandals, banking failures, and an overall lack of accountability within leadership positions. Corporations can measure authentic leadership using assessment centers. Our study aimed to answer whether leadership assessment center (LAC) measures measure underlying concepts of authentic leadership and whether these measures cluster together in ways consistent with the theory of authentic leadership. Our study consisted of 88 employees from the Hyland Software Company who volunteered to partake in a LAC experience that involved participating in scenarios, simulations, roleplays, and interviews over the span of three days while being evaluated by trained observers. Using a common factor analysis with a maximum likelihood extraction method and an oblique, oblimin factor rotation, results showed a four factor solution with good model fit and strong internal consistency. Thus, the assessment center measured the authentic leadership construct through four established factors labeled: “Communicating with Integrity,” “Leading Through People,” “Confident Problem Solver,” and “Task Project Oriented.” The implications and potential of leadership assessment centers are discussed along with the possible use of cultural assessments to tie organizational culture and leadership together into a cohesive unit.
Mark Whitmore, Dr. (Advisor)
Joel Hughes, Dr. (Advisor)
Elizabeth Howard, Dr. (Committee Member)
Steve Riczo, Dr. (Committee Member)
Clarissa Thompson, Dr. (Committee Member)
44 p.
Management; Occupational Psychology; Organizational Behavior; Psychology
authentic leadership theory; authentic leadership; cultural assessment; leadership assessment centers; Hyland Software Company; simulations; common factor analysis; maximum likelihood extraction; oblique; oblimin factor rotation

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  • Smith, N. K. (2016). Authentic Leadership can be Measured Within Organizations Through the use of Leadership Assessment Centers: A Factor Analytic Study of the Authentic Leadership Construct [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1481584672777606

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Smith, Nicole. Authentic Leadership can be Measured Within Organizations Through the use of Leadership Assessment Centers: A Factor Analytic Study of the Authentic Leadership Construct. 2016. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1481584672777606.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Smith, Nicole. "Authentic Leadership can be Measured Within Organizations Through the use of Leadership Assessment Centers: A Factor Analytic Study of the Authentic Leadership Construct." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1481584672777606

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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