Ethical Leaders Without Borders: The Cultural Validation of the Ethical Leadership Questionnaire

• In Event: 32.021 - The Changing Nature of School Principals' Work: An International Perspective

Abstract

As scholars acknowledge the pressing need for educational leaders to acquire ethical decision-making skills (e.g., Aquino, McFerran, & Laven, 2011; Branson & Gross, 2014; Cranston & Kimber, 2014; Shapiro, Stefkovitch, & Gutierrez, 2014; Tuana, 2014), it is important to create instruments with which to evaluate training (Karlshoven, Den Hartog, & De Hoogh, 2011; Langlois & Lapointe, 2014). However, if instruments are used in cultures other than the one in which they were validated, their cultural invariance must be ascertained in order for the results to be considered reliable. By culturally validating the Ethical Leadership Questionnaire (ELQ), this study provides a reliable instrument for international comparative studies on ethical leadership training and praxis.

Authors

• Claire Marie Lapointe, Laval University

• Lyse Langlois, Université Laval

• Pierre Valois, Université Laval

• Mualla Bilgin Aksu, Akdeniz University

• Christopher Bezzina, University of Malta

• Olof CA Johansson, Umeå universitet

• Katarina Norberg, University of Umeå

• Izhar Oplatka, Tel Aviv University

• Khalid Arar, The Center for Academic Studies