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Abbreviated Self-Leadership Questionnaire (ASLQ, Houghton, Dawley & DiLiello)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.843 sample items
About this scale
A 9-item brief measure of self-leadership covering the core strategies in three domains: behaviour-focused, natural reward, and constructive thought. Validated in management and entrepreneurship samples.
Sample item(s)
“I establish specific goals for my own performance”
“I make a point to keep track of how well I'm doing at work”
“I try to mentally evaluate the accuracy of my own beliefs about situations I am having problems with”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.84. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
9-item alternative to the 35-item RSLQ when length is constrained.
Source & citation
Houghton, J. D., Dawley, D., & DiLiello, T. C. (2012): The Abbreviated Self-Leadership Questionnaire (ASLQ): A more concise measure of self-leadership. International Journal of Leadership Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 216–232.
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