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Leader-member exchange (L index)

LeadershipReliability: alpha > 0.7

About this scale

Schriesheim, Neider, Scandura, and Tepper's (1992) six-item leader-member-exchange scale was used to measure subordinate-perceived LMX in the current investigation. This instrument (LMX6) is based upon the conceptual work of Dienesch and Liden (1986), and it has shown high convergence with the commonly used LMX7 scale; the latter is presented in Scandura and Graen (1984:430) and was developed by Graen, Novak, and Sommerkamp (1982).

Reliability

Reported internal consistency: alpha > 0.7. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.

Notes

Index context: L.

Source & citation

Schriesheim et al. (1998): Delegation and leader-member exchange: Main effects, moderators, and measurement issues. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 298-318. Previously used in: Schriesheim, Neider, Scandura, and Tepper (1992).

Schriesheim et al. (1998): Delegation and leader-member exchange: Main effects, moderators, and measurement issues. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 298-318.

Source & licence. This scale entry is compiled from the Wikibooks Handbook of Management Scales, used under the CC BY-SA 3.0 licence. Always consult the original publication (cited above) for the complete item set and permission to use.

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