Self-Leadership Culture (Manz & Sims SuperLeadership)
LeadershipReliability: alpha 0.893 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of an organizational culture that supports self-leadership — encouragement of self-initiative, self-reward, and self-correction by leaders ('SuperLeaders').
Sample item(s)
“My organization encourages employees to set their own performance goals”
“Leaders here teach us how to lead ourselves”
“Self-direction is valued in this organization”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.89. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Conceptual basis; modern items adapt SuperLeadership tenets.
Source & citation
Manz, C. C., & Sims, H. P. (2001): The new SuperLeadership: Leading others to lead themselves. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.
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