Authentic Leadership Questionnaire: invariance between samples of Brazilian and Portuguese employees

• Main Author: Cervo, Clarissa S.
• Publication Date: 2016
• Other Authors: Mónico, Lisete dos Santos Mendes, dos Santos, Nuno Rebelo, Hutz, Claudio Simon, Pais, Leonor
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/108869; https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-016-0046-4
• topic: Authentic Leadership Questionnaire; Authentic leadership; Invariance measurement; Cross-cultural study; Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis

The Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) is used to assess authentic leadership (AL). Although ALQ is often used in empirical research, cross-cultural studies with this measure are scarce. Aiming to contribute to filling this gap, this study assesses the invariance of the ALQ measure between samples of Brazilian (N = 1019) and Portuguese (N = 842) employees. A multi-group confirmatory factor analysis was performed, and the results showed the invariance of the first- and second-order factor models between the Brazilian and Portuguese samples. The results are discussed considering their cultural setting, with the study’s limitations and future research directions being pointed out.