Extending self-leadership research to the East: Measurement equivalence of the Chinese and English versions of the MSLQ

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-111

  Ho, Jessie ^a   Nesbit, Paul L ^a   Jepsen, Denise ^b   Demirian, Soseh ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collectivistic culture; Individualistic culture; Measurement equivalence; Modified self leadership questionnaire (MSLQ); Psychometric properties; Self leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861183324     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2011.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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