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Global Transformational Leadership Scale.

GTL

What it measures
Transformational leadership as a single global construct - vision, staff development, supportive leadership, empowerment, innovative thinking, leading by example, charisma.
Length and format
7 items. 5-point frequency Likert; self and follower forms (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Several incl. PT (Portuguese), ES, ZH, FA (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
Carless, S. A., Wearing, A. J., & Mann, L. (2000). A short measure of transformational leadership. Journal of Business and Psychology, 14, 389-405. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022991115523

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022991115523

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