Orientation: Authentic leadership has been identified as one of the competencies for effective leaders. Research purpose: The primary goal of the present study was to test, on a Nigerian sample, the psychometric properties of the Authentic Leadership Inventory (ALI) developed by Neider and Schriesheim. Motivation for the study: Various instruments have been developed to measure authentic leadership, with the ALI being one of the widely used questionnaires. There is a need to assess the reliability and construct validity of the ALI on a Nigerian sample owing to paucity of studies on its psychometric properties in this setting. Research approach/design and method: A non-probability sample consisting of 213 bank employees working in Nigeria was studied. The ALI was used to measure authentic leadership, and its reliability was evaluated using SPSS, while construct validity was assessed through confirmatory factory analyses in the Linear Structural Relations (LISREL) programme. Main findings: Moderate levels of reliability were found for the subscales of the ALI. Reasonable model fit with the data was found for the first- and second-order as well as the bi-factor and single-factor measurement models through confirmatory factor analyses (CFA). Practical/managerial implications: Although the ALI demonstrated reasonable model fit for the CFA models tested in this study, the reliability coefficients of the relational transparency and internalised moral perspective subscales were below the 0.70 threshold. In addition, the discriminant validity of the self-awareness and the internalised moral perspective subscales was not achieved. Contribution/value-add: The study promotes the use of reliable and valid instruments in Nigeria by confirming the psychometric properties of the ALI.

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尼日利亚一项真实领导措施的验证性因素分析研究

方向：真正的领导能力已被确定为有效领导者的能力之一。研究目的：本研究的主要目的是在尼日利亚样本上测试由Neider和Schriesheim开发的“真实领导力清单”（ALI）的心理计量学特性。研究动机：已开发出多种工具来衡量真实的领导力，ALI是广泛使用的问卷之一。由于缺乏在这种情况下对其心理测量特性的研究，因此需要评估尼日利亚样本上ALI的可靠性和构建效度。研究方法/设计和方法：研究了由213名在尼日利亚工作的银行雇员组成的非概率样本。ALI用于衡量真实领导力，并使用SPSS评估了其可靠性，同时通过线性结构关系（LISREL）程序中的工厂验证性评估来评估构造的有效性。主要发现：在ALI分量表中发现了中等程度的可靠性。通过验证性因子分析（CFA），发现了一阶和二阶以及双因子和单因子测量模型与数据的合理模型拟合。实际/管理意义：尽管ALI证明了本研究中测试的CFA模型的合理模型适合性，但关系透明性和内在道德观点分量表的可靠性系数低于0.70阈值。另外，自我意识和内在道德观分量表的判别效度没有达到。贡献/增值：