elow is a list of the scales that will be available within TEXL - please note not all the scales are currently uploaded, we are adding them all the time. If there is one you see in this list that you would like to use now do let us know and we can prioritise entering that one for you.
If you have particular scales you'd like to use that you don't see here please send us a request via [email protected] with the full citation and scale items and response categories.
Abusive Supervision | Tepper, B.J. (2000). Consequences of abusive supervision. Academy of Management Journal, 43(2), 178-190. DOI: 10.2307/1556375 |
Agency, Communion | Ward, L. C., Thorn, B. E., Clements, K. L., Dixon, K. E., & Sanford, S. D. (2006). Measurement of agency, communion, and emotional vulnerability with the personal attributes questionnaire. Journal of Personality Assessment, 86(2), 206–216. DOI:10.1207/s15327752jpa8602_10 |
Ambidextrous Leadership | Zacher, H. & Rosing, K. (2015). Ambidextrous leadership and team innovation. Leadership & Organization Development Journal. 36(1), 54-68. DOI: 10.1108/LODJ-11-2012-0141 |
Authentic Leadership | Neider, L. L., & Schriesheim, C. A. (2011). The Authentic Leadership Inventory (ALI): Development and empirical tests. The Leadership Quarterly, 22, 1146-1164. DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.09.008 |
Authoritarian Leadership | Cheng, B., Chou, L. & Wu, T. (2004). Paternalistic leadership and subordinate responses: Establishing a leadership model in Chinese organizations. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 7, 89-117. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-839X.2004.00137.x |
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction at Work | Deci, E. L., Ryan, R. M., Gagne, M., Leone, D. R., Usunov, J., & Kornazheva, B. P. (2001). Need satisfaction, motivation, and well-being in the work organizations of a former Eastern Bloc country: A cross-cultural study of self-determination. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27(8), 930–942. DOI:10.1177/0146167201278002 |
Big 5 Personality | DeYoung, C. G., Quilty, L. C., & Peterson, J. B. (2007). Between facets and domains: 10 aspects of the Big Five. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93(5), 880-896. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.93.5.880 |
Burnout | Schaufeli, W.B., Desart, S., & De Witte, H. (2020). Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) - Development, vailidity and reliability. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24), 9495; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17249495 |
Charismatic Leadership | Conger, J.A., Kanungo, R.N., Menon, S.T., & Mathur, P. (2007). Measuring charisma: Dimensionality and validity of the Conger-Kanungo scale of charismatic leadership. Canadian Journal of Adminstrative Science, 14(3), 290-302. DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.1997.tb00136.x |
Consideration / Structure | Stogdill, R.M. (1963). Manual for the Leader Behavior Descriptions Questionnaire - FormXII. Columbus: Ohio State University, Bureau of Business Research. |
Consultative-Advisory Leadership | Krause, D.E., Gebert, D., & Kearney, E. (2007). Implementing process innovations: The benefits of combining delgative-participative with consultative-advisory leadership. Journal of Leadership & Organisational Studies, 14(1), 16-25. DOI:10.1177/1071791907304224 |
Counter-Productive Work Behaviors | Duffy, M. K., Ganster, D. C., & Pagon, M. (2002). Social undermining in the workplace. Academy of Management Journal, 45(2), 331-351. DOI: 10.2307/3069350 |
Counter-Productive Work Behaviors | Spector, P., Fox. S., Penney, L., Bruursema, K., Goh, A., & Kessler, S. (2006). The dimensionality of counterproductivity: are all counterproductive behaviors created equal? Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68(3), 446–460. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2005.10.005 |
Primary Psychopathy | Levenson, M. R., Kiehl, K. A., & Fitzpatrick, C. M. (1995). Assessing psychopathic attributes in a noninstitutionalized population. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68(1), 151–158. DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.68.1.151 |
Machiavellianism | Dahling, J. J., Whitaker, B. G., & Levy, P. E. (2009). The development and validation of a new machiavellianism scale. Journal of Management, 35(2), 219–257. DOI:10.1177/0149206308318618 |
Narcissism | Back, M. D., Küfner, A. C. P., Dufner, M., Gerlach, T. M., Rauthmann, J. F., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2013). Narcissistic admiration and rivalry: Disentangling the bright and dark sides of narcissism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105(6), 1013-37. DOI: 10.1037/a0034431. |
Delagative-Partcipative Leadership | Krause, D., Gebert, D., & Kearney, E. (2007). Implementing Process Innovations: The benefits of combining delegative-participative with consultative-advisory leadership. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies 14(1) 16-25. DOI:10.1177/1071791907304224 |
Destructive Leadership | Thoroughgood, C.N., Padilla, A., Hunter, S.T., Tate, B.W. (2012). The susceptible circle: a taxonomy of followers associated with destructive leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 23(5), 897-917. DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.05.007 |
Disjunt Brokerage Orientation | Grosser, T.J., Obstfeld, D., Labianca, G., Borgatti, S.P. (2019). Measuring mediation and separate brokerage orientations: A further step toward studying the social network brokerage process. Academy of Management Discoveries, 5(2), 114-136. DOI: 10.5465/amd.2017.0110 |
Leader Effectiveness | Johnson, S. K., Murphy, S. E., Zewdie, S., & Reichard, R. J. (2008). The strong, sensitive type: Effects of gender stereotypes and leadership prototypes on the evaluation of male and female leaders. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 106(1), 39–60. DOI:10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.12.002 |
Empowering Leadership | Amundsen, S., & Martinsen, Ø. L. (2014). Empowering leadership: Construct clarification, conceptualization, and validation of a new scale. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(3), 487–511. DOI:10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.11.009 |
Entrepreneurial Leadership - ENTRELEAD | Renko, M., El Tarabishy, A., Carsrud, A. L., & Brännback, M. (2015). Understanding and measuring entrepreneurial leadership style. Journal of small business Management, 53(1), 54-74. DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12086 |
Ethical Leadership | Brown, M.E., Treviño,L.K., & Harrison, D.A. (2004). Ethical leadership. A social learning perspective for construct development and testing. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 97, 117-134. DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.03.002 |
Exploitative Leadership | Schmid, E.A., Verdorfer, A.P., & Peus, C (2019). Shedding light on leaders' self-interest: Theory and measurement of exploitative leadership. Journal of Management, 45(4) 1401-1433, DOI: 10.1177/0149206317707 |
Extrarole and In-role behaviour | Morrison, E. W., & Phelps, C. C. (1999). Taking charge at work: Extrarole efforts to initiate workplace change. Academy of Management Journal, 42(4), 403–419. DOI:10.2307/257011 |
Expressed Humility | Owens, B.P., Johnson, M.D., Mitchell, T.R. (2013). Expressed humility in organizations: Implications for performance, teams, and leadership. Organization Science, 24(5),1517-1538. DOI:10.1287/orsc.1120.0795 |
General Health | Cullati, S., Bochatay, N., Rossier, C., Guessous, I., Burton-Jeangros, C., & Courvoisier, D.S. (2020). Does the single-item self-rated health measure the same thing across different wordings? Construct validity study. Quality of Life Research, 29(9):2593-2604. DOI: 10.1007/s11136-020-02533-2. |
Identity Leadership Inventory (long and short form) | Steffens, N. K., Haslam, S. A., Reicher, S. D., Platow, M. J., Fransen, K., Yang, J., Ryan, M. K., Jetten, J., Peters, K. & Boen, F. (2014). Leadership as social identity management: Introducing the Identity Leadership Inventory (ILI) to assess and validate a four-dimensional model. Leadership Quarterly, 25, 1001-1024. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.05.002 |
Influence Tactics | Yukl, G., Seifert, C. F., & Chavez, C. (2008). Validation of the extended influence behavior questionnaire. The Leadership Quarterly, 19(5), 609-621. DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2008.07.006 |
Instrumental Leadership | Antonakis, J., & House, R.J. (2014). Instrumental leadership: Measurement and extension of transformational-transactional leadership theory. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(4), 746-711. DOI:10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.04.005 |
Intra Group Conflict | Jehn, K. A., & Mannix, E. A. (2001). The dynamic nature of conflict: A longitudinal study of intragroup conflict and group performance. Academy of Management Journal, 44(2), 238–251. DOI:10.2307/3069453. |
IWP- Multi-Affect Indicator | Warr, P., Bindl, U.K., Parker, S., & Inceoglu, I.(2014). Four quadrant investigation of job-related affects and behaviours. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 23(3), 342-363. |
Job Demands | Rosin, H. M., & Korabik, K. (1991). Workplace variables, affective responses, and intention to leave among women managers. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 64(4), 317–330. DOI:10.1111/j.2044-8325.1991.tb00563.x |
Job Design | Campion, M. A. (1988). Interdisciplinary approaches to job design: A constructive replication with extensions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 73(3), 467–481. DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.73.3.467 |
Job Satisfaction | Warr, P., Cook, J., & Wall, T. (1979). Scales for the measurement of some work attitudes and aspects of psychological well-being. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 52(2), 129–148. DOI:10.1111/j.2044-8325.1979.tb00448.x |
Organizational Justice | Colquitt, J. A. (2001). On the dimensionality of organizational justice: A construct validation of a measure. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86(3), 386–400. DOI:10.1037//0021-9010.86.3.386 |
Leader Sense of Humour | Yam, K.C., Christian, M.S., Wei, W., Liao, Z., & Nai, J. (2018). The mixed blessing of leader sense of humor: examining costs and benefits. Academy of Management Journal 61(1), 348–369 DOI: 10.5465/amj.2015.1088 |
Leadership Effectiveness | Van Knippenberg, B., & Van Knippenberg, D. (2005). Leader self-sacrifice and leadership effectiveness: The moderating role of leader prototypicality. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90(1), 25–37. DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.90.1.25 |
Leader Group Prototypicality | Giessner, S. R., & Van Knippenberg, D. (2008). “License to fail”: Goal definition, leader group prototypicality, and perceptions of leadership effectiveness after leader failure. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105(1), 14–35. DOI:10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.04.002 |
Leader Secure-Base Support | Wu, C., & Parker, S.K. (2017). The role of leader support in facilitating proactive work behavior: A perspective from attachment theory. Journal of Management 43(4), 1025-1049. DOI: 10.1177/0149206314544745 |
Leader Self-Efficacy | Paglis, L. L., & Green, S. G. (2002). Leadership self-efficacy and managers' motivation for leading change. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 23, 215-235. DOI: 10.1002/job.137 |
Mindfulness | Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Toney, L. (2006). Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. Assessment, 13, 27-45. DOI: 10.1177/1073191105283504 |
Moral Identity | Aquino, K.F., & Americus Reed, I.I. (2002). The self-importance of moral identity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(6),1423-1440. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.83.6.1423 |
Motivation to Lead | Chan, K.-Y., & Drasgow, F. (2001). Toward a theory of individual differences and leadership: Understanding the motivation to lead. Journal of Applied Psychology, 68(3), 481–498. DOI:10.1037//0021-9010.86.3.481 |
Nature, Work and Family | Kelloway, E. K., Gottlieb, B. H., & Barham, L. (1999). The source, nature, and direction of work and family conflict: A longitudinal investigation. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 4(4), 337-346 DOI:10.1037/1076-8998.4.4.337 |
Organizational Citizenship Behavior | Moorman, R.H., & Blakely, G.L. (1995). Individualism-collectivism as an individual difference predictor of organizational citizenship behavior. Journal of Organizational Behaviour 16(2) 127-142. DOI: 10.1002/job.4030160204 |
Organizational Commitment | Allen, N. J., & Meyer, J. P. (1990). The measurement and antecedents of affective, continuance and normative commitment to the organization. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 63(1), 1–18. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8325.1990.tb00506.x |
Organizational Identification | Mael, F., & Ashforth, B. E. (1992). Alumni and their alma mater: A partial test of the reformulated model of organizational identification. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 13(2), 103–123. DOI: 10.1002/job.4030130202 |
Organizational Identification | Shamir, B., & Kark, R. (2004). A single-item graphic scale for the measurement of organizational identification. Journal of Organizational and Occupational Pscyhology, 77(1) 115-123. DOI:10.1348/096317904322915946 |
Paradoxical Leadership | Zhang, Y., Waldman, D.A., Han.Y., & Li, X. (2014). Paradoxical leader behaviors in people management: antecedents and consequences. Academy of Management Journal, 58(2), 538-566. DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0995 |
Participative Leadership | Ismail, A., Zainuddin, N. F. A., & Ibrahim, Z. (2010). Linking participative and consultative leadership styles to organizational commitment as an antecedent of job satisfaction. Unitar E-Journal, 6, 11-26. DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.09.032 |
Personal Initiative | Frese, M., Kring, W., Soose, A., & Zempel, J. (1996). Personal initiative at work: Differences between East and West Germany. Academy of Management Journal, 39, 37-63. DOI:10.2307/256630 |
Political Skills | Ferris, G.R., Treadway, D.G., & Frink,D.D. (2005). Development and validation of the political skill inventory. Journal of Management, 31(1), 126-152. DOI: 10.1177/0149206304271386 |
Power Bases | Adapted and excerpted in part from Dieterly, D.L., & Schneider, B. (1974). The effect of organizational environment on perceived power and climate: A laboratory study. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 11(3). 316–37. DOI: 10.1016/0030-5073(74)90023-3 |
Proactive Personality | Bateman, T. S. & Crant, J. M. (1993). The proactive component of organizational behavior. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 14(2), 103-118. DOI:10.1002/job.4030140202 |
Public Leadership | Tummer, L., & Knies,E. (2015). Measuring public leadership: Developing scales for four key public leadership roles. Public Administration, 94(2), 433-451. DOI:10.1111/padm.12224 |
Resilience | Friborg, O., Hjemdal, O., Rosenvinge, J. H., & Martinussen, M. (2003). A new rating scale for adult resilience: What are the central protective resources behind healthy adjustment? International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 12(2), 65-76. DOI:10.1002/mpr.15 |
Resilience | Smith, B. W., Dalen, J., Wiggins, K., Tooley, E., Christopher, P., & Bernard, J. (2008). The brief resilience scale: Assessing the ability to bounce back. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 15(3), 194-200. DOI: 10.1080/10705500802222972 |
Respectful Leadership | van Quaquebeke, N., & Eckloff, T. (2010). Defining respectful leadership: What it is, how it can be measured, and another glimpse at what it is related to. Journal of Business Ethics, 91(3), 343–358. DOI:10.1007/s10551-009-0087-z |
Role Clarity | Lyons, T. F. (1971). Role clarity, need for clarity, satisfaction, tension, and withdrawal. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 6(1), 99–110. DOI:10.1016/0030-5073(71)90007-9 |
Role Stressors | Bowling, N.A., Khazon, S., Alarcon, G.M., Blackmore, C.E., Bragg, C.B., Hoepf, M.R., Barelka, A., Kennedy, K., Wang, Q., & Li, H. (2017). Building better measures of role ambiguity and role conflict: The validation of new role stressor scales. Work & Stress, 31(1), 1-23, DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2017.1292563 |
Self-esteem | Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the Adolescent Self-Image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. DOI:10.1515/9781400876136 |
Self-Efficacy Leader | Paglis, L. L., & Green, S. G. (2002). Leadership self-efficacy and managers' motivation for leading change. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 23, 215-235. DOI: 10.1002/job.137 |
Self-Efficacy | Chen, G., Gully, S. M., & Eden, D. (2001). Validation of a New General Self-Efficacy Scale. Organizational Research Methods, 4(1), 62–83. DOI:10.1177/109442810141004 |
Self Monitoring | Snyder, M., & Gangestad, S. (1986). On the nature of self-monitoring: Matters of assessment, matters of validity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(1), 125–139. DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.51.1.125 |
Self-Sacrificial Leadership | De Cremer, D., Mayer, D. M., van Dijke, M., Schouten, B. C., & Bardes, M. (2009). When does self-sacrificial leadership motivate prosocial behavior? It depends on followers’ prevention focus. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(4), 887–899. DOI: 10.1037/a0014782 |
Servant Leadership | van Dierendonck, D., & Nuijten, I. (2011). The Servant Leadership Survey: Development and validation of a multidimensional measure. Journal of Business & Psychology, 26, 249-267. DOI:10.1007/s10869-010-9194-1 |
Spiritual Leadership | Fry, L. W., Vitucci, S., & Cedillo, M. (2005). Spiritual leadership and army transformation: Theory, measurement, and establishing a baseline. The Leadership Quarterly, 16(5), 835–862. DOI:10.1016/j.leaqua.2005.07.012 |
Stress | Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., & Mermelstein, R. (1983). A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 24(4), 385–396. DOI:10.2307/2136404 |
Job Stress | Motowidlo, S. J., Packard, J. S., & Manning, M. R. (1986). Occupational stress: Its causes and consequences for job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 71(4), 618–29. DOI:10.1037//0021-9010.71.4.618 |
Strong Sensitive Leadership | Johnson, S. K., Murphy, S. E., Zewdie, S., & Reichard, R. J. (2008). The strong, sensitive type: Effects of gender stereotypes and leadership prototypes on the evaluation of male and female leaders. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 106(1), 39–60. DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.12.002 |
Supportive and Noncontrolling Supervision | Oldham, G.R., & Cummings, A.. (1996). Employee creativity: Personal and contextual factors at work. Academy of Management Journal, 39(3), 607-634. DOI: 10.2307/256657 |
Team Identification | Mael, F. & Ashforth, B.E. (1992), Alumni and their alma mater: A partial test of the reformulated model of organizational identification. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 13, 103-123. DOI: 10.1002/job.4030130202 |
Team Job Performance | Ancona, D., & Caldwell, D. F. (1992). Demography and design: Predictors of new product team performance. Organization Science, 3, 321–341. DOI:10.1287/ORSC.3.3.321 |
Temporal Leadership | Mohammed, S., & Nadkarni, S. (2011). Temporal diversity and team performance: The moderating role of team temporal leadership. Academy of Management Journal, 54(3), 489–508. DOI:10.5465/AMJ.2011.61967991 |
Tertius Orientations | Obstfeld, D. (2005). Social networks, the Tertius Iungens orientation, and involvement in innovation. Administrative Science Quarterly 50(1), 100-130. https://doi.org/10.2189/asqu.2005.50.1.100 |
Thriving | Porath, C., Spreitzer, G., Gibson, C., & Garnett, F.G. (2012). Thriving at work: Toward its measurement, construct validation, and theoretical refinement. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33(2), 250-275. DOI:10.1002/job.756 |
Turnover | Rosin, H. M., & Korabik, K. (1991). Workplace variables, affective responses, and intention to leave among women managers. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 64(4), 317–330. DOI:10.1111/j.2044-8325.1991.tb00563.x |
Turnover Intentions | Lyons, T. F. (1971). Role clarity, need for clarity, satisfaction, tension, and withdrawal. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 6(1), 99–110. DOI:10.1016/0030-5073(71)90007-9 |
Transformational Leadership | Podsakoff, P.M., MacKenzie, S.B., Moorman, R.H., & Fetter,R. (1990). Transformational leader behaviors and their effects on followers' trust in leader, satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behaviors. The Leadership Quarterly, 1 (2), 107-142. DOI:10.1016/1048-9843(90)90009-7 |
Transactional Leadership | Podsakoff, P.M., Todor, W.D., Grover, R.A., & Huber, V.L. (1984). Situational moderators of leader reward and punishment behavior: Fact or fiction? Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 34, 21-63. DOI: 10.1016/0030-5073(84)90036-9 |
Trust in Focal Person | Kim, P. H., Ferrin, D. L., Cooper, C. D., & Dirks, K. T. (2004). Removing the shadow of suspicion: The effects of apology versus denial for repairing competence - versus integrity-based trust violations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(1), 104–118. DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.89.1.104 |
Values | Lindeman, M. & Verkasalo, M. (2005). Measuring values with the Short Schwartz's Value Survey. Journal of Personality Assessment, 85(2), 170-178. DOI:10.1207/s15327752jpa8502_09 |
Voice | Dyne, L. Van, & Lepine, J. A. (1998). Helping and voice extra-role behaviors: Evidence of construct and predictive validity. The Academy of Management Journal, 41(1), 108–119. DOI:10.2307/256902 |
Work Engagement | Saks, A. M. (2006). Antecedents and consequences of employee engagement. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 21(7), 600–619. DOI:10.1108/02683940610690169 |
Warmth and Competence | Fiske, S. T., Cuddy, A. J. C., Glick, P., & Xu, J. (2002). A model of (often mixed) stereotype content: Competence and warmth respectively follow from perceived status and competition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(6), 878–902. DOI:10.1037//0022-3514.82.6.878 |
Work Design Questionnaire | Morgeson, F. P., & Humphrey, S. E. (2006). The Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ): Developing and validating a comprehensive measure for assessing job design and the nature of work. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91(6), 1321–1339. DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.91.6.1321 |
Workplace Deviance | Bennett, R. J., & Robinson, S. L. (2000). Development of a measure of workplace deviance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85(3), 349–360. DOI:10.1037//0021-9010.85.3.349 |
Work Locus of Control | Spector, P.E. (1988). Development of the Work Locus of Control scale. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 61(4), 335-340. DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1988.tb00470.x |
XY Theory | Sager, K. L. (2008). An exploratory study of the relationships between theory X/Y assumptions and superior communicator style. Management Communication Quarterly, 22(2), 288–312. DOI:10.1177/0893318908323148 |
Scales in Development - TEXL also hosts scales that are in development testing phases. A list of those currently on the platform: |
Big X | The Big X SCALE IS IN DEVELOPMENT. For more information please contact Hannes Leroy: [email protected] Note: The Big X leadership measure has 4 aspects: Performance, Progress, People and Principle. |
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