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Development and validation of the Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the Diaspora (LEAD) scale
International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Pub Date : 2020-12-08 , DOI: 10.1177/1470595820973438
James Michaud 1 , Elena Lvina 2 , Bella L Galperin 3 , Terri R Lituchy 4 , Betty Jane Punnett 5 , Ali Taleb 6 , Clive Mukanzi 7 , Thomas Senaji 8 , Vincent Bagire 9 , Bill Puplampu 10 , David L Ford 11 , Moses Acquaah 12 , Elham Metwally 13 , Felicity Asiedu-Appiah 14 , Ahmed Agyapong 14 , Lemayon Melyoki 15 , Omar Woodham 16 , Nicole S Knight 5 , Akentoolove Corbin 5 , Reccia Charles 17 , Riann Singh 18 , Paul Ballwant 18 , Jacqueline Stephanson 18 , Lynette Williams 5 , Alethea Alleyne 5
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This article contributes to the literature on cross-cultural leadership by describing the development and validation of the Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the Diaspora (LEAD) Scale. The LEAD Scale is a culturally sensitive measure of leadership effectiveness in the understudied settings of Africa and the African diaspora. A combination of methods and four studies using samples from Africa and the African diaspora based in Canada, the USA, and the Caribbean were used to develop the measure. Using the grounded theory approach and the Delphi technique (n = 192), followed by a set of increasingly rigorous tests including exploratory factor analysis (n = 441), confirmatory factor analysis (n = 116), and a test of measure invariance (n =1384), we developed and validated a culturally sensitive measure of effective leadership. Our results demonstrate that spirituality, tradition and community-centredness are important and culturally specific components of leadership in Africa and the African diaspora. This paper provides a validated measure of leadership and offers recommendations regarding the use of the measure by managers and researchers working in Africa or with African diaspora.



中文翻译:

开发和验证非洲和散居海外领导能力(LEAD)规模

本文通过描述非洲领导力有效性和散居人口规模(LEAD)的发展和验证,为跨文化领导力的文献做出了贡献。LEAD量表是在非洲和非洲流离失所者环境中对领导效能进行文化敏感性衡量的指标。方法和四项研究的结合使用了来自非洲和加拿大,美国和加勒比海地区的非洲侨民的样本来制定该措施。使用扎根的理论方法和Delphi技术(n = 192),然后进行一系列越来越严格的测试,包括探索性因子分析(n = 441),验证性因子分析(n = 116)和度量不变性测试(n= 1384),我们制定并验证了有效领导力的文化敏感性指标。我们的结果表明,灵性,传统和以社区为中心是非洲和非洲侨民领导力的重要组成和特定文化的组成部分。本文提供了经过验证的领导力衡量方法,并提供了有关在非洲或与非洲侨民一起工作的管理人员和研究人员使用该衡量方法的建议。

更新日期:2020-12-08
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