Psychometric properties of the Service Leadership Behavior Scale: Preliminary findings

Daniel T.L. Shek; Lawrence MA; Lin Li; Hildie Leung

Psychometric properties of the Service Leadership Behavior Scale: Preliminary findings

Daniel T.L. Shek^*
, Lawrence MA
, Lin Li
, Hildie Leung

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Using a sample of 231 students recruited from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), this paper reports the findings of a validation study for the 97-item long-form of the Service Leadership Behavior Scale (SLB-LF-97), which was specifically designed to measure the behavioral characteristics of a quality Service Leader. Results showed that the SLB-LF-97 had high internal consistency and convergent validity. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that 12 factors were extracted from the data, with 65 items retained to form the short-form of the inventory (SLB-SF- 65). Both the long-form (SLB-LF-97) and the short- form (SLB-SF-65) of the scale showed excellent internal consistency, with the latter demonstrating robust conver- gent validity as shown by its significant positive correlation with several theoretically linked constructs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	427-443
Number of pages	18
Journal	International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health
Volume	11
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - Oct 2018

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