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Ethical Leadership at Work Questionnaire.

ELW

What it measures
Multidimensional ethical leadership - 7 dimensions: Fairness, Integrity, Ethical guidance, People orientation, Power sharing, Role clarification, Concern for sustainability.
Length and format
~37-38 (7 dimensions). Likert; rater (subordinate) report (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Multiple incl. NL (original), DE, PT (Brazil), EN, ES (validated adaptations).
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Kalshoven, K., Den Hartog, D. N., & De Hoogh, A. H. B. (2011). Ethical Leadership at Work questionnaire (ELW). The Leadership Quarterly, 22, 51-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.007

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.007

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