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Development and validation of the Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the Diaspora (LEAD) scale

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dc.contributor.authorMichaud, James
dc.contributor.authorLvina, Elena
dc.contributor.authorAlleyne, Alethea
dc.contributor.authorTaleb, Ali
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-28T22:28:04Z
dc.date.available2022-11-28T22:28:04Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThis article contributes to the literature on cross-cultural leadership by describing the development and validation of the Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the Diaspora (LEAD) Scale. The LEAD Scale is a culturally sensitive measure of leadership effectiveness in the understudied settings of Africa and the African diaspora. A combination of methods and four studies using samples from Africa and the African diaspora based in Canada, the USA, and the Caribbean were used to develop the measure. Using the grounded theory approach and the Delphi technique (n = 192), followed by a set of increasingly rigorous tests including exploratory factor analysis (n = 441), confirmatory factor analysis (n = 116), and a test of measure invariance (n =1384), we developed and validated a culturally sensitive measure of effective leadership. Our results demonstrate that spirituality, tradition and community-centredness are important and culturally specific components of leadership in Africa and the African diaspora. This paper provides a validated measure of leadership and offers recommendations regarding the use of the measure by managers and researchers working in Africa or with African diaspora.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/cgi-bin/SFX/url.pl/CWH
dc.identifier.citationMichaud, James, Lvina, Elena, Alleyne, Alethea, et al. (2020). Development and validation of the Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the Diaspora (LEAD) scale. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 20(3), 361–384. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470595820973438
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1470595820973438
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2875
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectAfrican diaspora
dc.subjectCaribbean
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectfactor analyses
dc.subjectleadership
dc.subjectleadership effectiveness
dc.subjectLEAD project
dc.subjectscale development
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.titleDevelopment and validation of the Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the Diaspora (LEAD) scaleen
dc.typeArticle

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