The Romance of Leadership Scale – Cross-cultural testing and refinement

Schyns, B.; Meindl, J.R.; Croon, M.A.

doi:10.1177/1742715007073063

The Romance of Leadership Scale – Cross-cultural testing and refinement

Schyns, B.; Meindl, J.R.; Croon, M.A.

Authors

Professor Birgit Schyns birgit.schyns@durham.ac.uk
Professor

J.R. Meindl

M.A. Croon

Abstract

The Romance of Leadership Scale (RLS) has been used in various studies in different countries and contexts. However, to date, the structure of the scale has been a subject of discussion, making it difficult to compare results over different studies. In this study, using student as well as organization samples from two countries, we want to clarify the factor structure of the RLS. In order to do so, we used a hypothetical factor matrix into which we rotated our data. Although this matrix fits some of the data quite well, the results argue for the use of one core factor. The factor solutions are, however, still ambiguous and we therefore recommend doing more research on a core factor of the Romance of Leadership scale.

Citation

Schyns, B., Meindl, J., & Croon, M. (2007). The Romance of Leadership Scale – Cross-cultural testing and refinement. Leadership, 3(1), 29-46. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715007073063

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Feb 1, 2007
Deposit Date	Nov 23, 2010
Publicly Available Date	Jan 25, 2011
Journal	Leadership
Print ISSN	1742-7150
Electronic ISSN	1742-7169
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	3
Issue	1
Pages	29-46
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715007073063
Keywords	Culture, Leadership, Romance of leadership, Organizational, Context.
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1514787

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