Motivation to Lead Scale.

MTL

What it measures

Individual differences in the motivation to take on and persist in leadership roles across three components: affective-identity (enjoys leading), non-calculative (leads despite the costs) and social-normative (leads out of duty).

Length and format

27 (9 per component). 5-pt agreement (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

DE, NL, ES, PT, ZH, KO, TR, FR and others; used in leader-development research across Europe and Asia.

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

Chan, K.-Y., & Drasgow, F. (2001). Toward a theory of individual differences and leadership: Understanding the motivation to lead. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86(3), 481-498.