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Adapting The Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire to The Portuguese Context

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This study aimed to adapt the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire (RSLQ) (Houghton and Neck in J Manag Psychol 17(8):672–691, 2002) for the Portuguese population. 720 professionals, and university and post-graduate students participated in this study. The RSLQ factorial structure was accessed through exploratory and multi group confirmatory factor analysis. From the 9 sub dimensional and 34 items original scale, only 7 sub dimensions and 21 items were preserved. The model tested through cross-validation multigroup analysis proved to be totally invariant across the groups, suggesting good model fit.

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We thank to the colleagues from the Doctoral Program of Human Resources Management and NIPO research group at ISCTE—Lisbon University Institute for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this work.

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  1. Doctoral Program of Human Resources Management, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), UNIDE, Lisbon, Portugal

    Pedro Marques-Quinteiro

  2. Department of WOP-Psychology, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013, Lisbon, Portugal

    Luís Alberto Curral

  3. Business Research Unit, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Av. Das Forças Armadas, 1649-026, Lisbon, Portugal

    Ana Margarida Passos

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Marques-Quinteiro, P., Curral, L.A. & Passos, A.M. Adapting The Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire to The Portuguese Context. Soc Indic Res 108, 553–564 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-011-9893-7

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