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Shuo,

As far as I know, the MLQ is Bass & Avolio's copyrighted questionnaire requiring purchased permissions for administration.

Here is a link to the website: http://www.mindgarden.com/products/mlqr.htm

Hope this helps.

Dear OB interest group members,

Shuo,

If you are looking for a measure of charismatic leadership, you could consider the Conger & Kanungo scale.  You can find scale development details in the following article:

Conger, J.A., Kanungo, R.N., Menon, S.T., & Mathur, P. (1997).  Measuring Charisma: Dimensionality and Criterion Related Validity of the Conger-Kanungo Scale of Charismatic Leadership.  Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 14(3): 290-302.

Regards,

Sanjay

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Dear Shuo

If you do a search on the web for MLQ, you'll find it. But you have to pay/register, which I think is not corresponding to the scientific principle of verification. My self, and some of my students have used the 36-item official Norwegian version and the factor structure does not work very well. For instance, some of the conditional reward items load on the transformational subdimensions, and we often end up with only three factors.  I would have looked for alternative measures. I'm not arguing that you should not use it, just wanted to inform you. See also:

Goodwin, V. L., Wofford, J. C., & Whittington, J. L.-. 2001. A theoretical and empirical extension to transformational leadership construct. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 22: 759-774.

Hinkin, T. R. & Schriesheim, C. A. 2008. A theoretical and empirical examination of the transactional and non-leadership dimensions of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ). The Leadership Quarterly, 19: 501-513.

Bård

Bård Kuvaas, Dr. Oecon/PhD
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BI Norwegian School of Management
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