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Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire™ + Authentic Leadership Questionnaire
MLQ Authors: Bernard M. Bass & Bruce J. Avolio
ALQ Authors: Bruce J. Avolio, William L. Gardner, & Fred O. Walumbwa
The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire™ (MLQ) measures a broad range of leadership types from passive leaders, to leaders who give contingent rewards to followers, to leaders who transform their followers into becoming leaders themselves. Highly transformational leaders can, however, be highly effective without being authentic (e.g. Hitler), as defined below.
The Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) measures key components of authentic leadership:
- Self Awareness: To what degree is the leader aware of his or her strengths, limitations, how others see him or her and how the leader impacts others?
- Transparency: To what degree does the leader reinforce a level of openness with others that provides them with an opportunity to be forthcoming with their ideas, challenges and opinions?
- Ethical/Moral: To what degree does the leader set a high standard for moral and ethical conduct?
- Balanced Processing: To what degree does the leader solicit sufficient opinions and viewpoints prior to making important decisions?
This combination of instruments is offered for the convenience of conducting a single survey rather than two separate surveys on Mind Garden's Transform system. For purchase of Reports or for PDF licenses, see each instrument separately.
MLQ Copyright © 1995 by Bernard Bass & Bruce J. Avolio; ALQ Copyright © 2007 by Bruce J. Avolio, William L. Gardner, & Fred O. Walumbwa
Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire™ is a trademark of Mind Garden, Inc.
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- Manual: MLQ + ALQ$75.00Includes one manual each for the ALQ and the MLQ. Special package pricing of $75. Includes details on reliability, validity, scoring, etc. and a review-only copy of the ALQ and the MLQ forms. PDFs are not refundable.In Stock
- Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire™: MLQ II 360 Leader's Report with Authentic Leadership Styles$125.00Read more about Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire™
Builds a report that interprets and compares others' ratings of an individual to their self-rating on both the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) and the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ). You invite participants to take the survey and Transform™ generates their reports.In Stock - Individual Report: MLQ + ALQ Self Form$35.00Builds a report that interprets an individual's MLQ and ALQ scores. You invite others to take the survey and Transform™ generates their reports.In Stock
- Report About Me: MLQ + ALQ Self Form$35.00Interprets and reports on your MLQ + ALQ scores. You complete the survey and Transform™ generates your report. Transform will connect this report to the "Send To" email provided at checkout. Note: This product is for a single use, with automated survey administration. For multiple uses, buy instead the Individual Report product in quantity needed.In Stock
- Transform Survey Hosting: MLQ + ALQ Multi-rater Form$12.00Minimum purchase of 10. Minimum purchase quantity 10 enables you to invite 10 participants, plus their raters, to the 360-style MLQ + ALQ assessment. Online administration via our Transform™ system includes data collection with raw scale scores by participant and rater. Customization services are available.In Stock
- Transform Survey Hosting: MLQ + ALQ Self Form (Data)$3.90Minimum purchase of 20. Allows you to administer the MLQ + ALQ Self Form as an online survey using Mind Garden's Transform™ System. Includes data collection: data file with participants' raw data and raw scale scores. Customization services are available.In Stock
Features of the ALQ + MLQ
Purpose: Measure transformational leadership along with authenticity in leadership
Length: 61 items
Average completion time: 25-30 minutes
Target population: Working adults
Administration: For individual or group administration
Uses of the ALQ + MLQ
- Leadership assessment and development
- Career/Worklife assessment
- Leadership research
Scales
Transformational Leadership:
Builds Trust (Idealized Attributes)
Acts with Integrity (Idealized Behaviors)
Encourages Others (Inspirational Motivation)
Encourages Innovative Thinking (Intellectual Stimulation)
Coaches & Develops People (Individualized Consideration)
Transactional Leadership:
Rewards Acheivement (Contingent Reward)
Monitors Deviations & Mistakes (Management-by-Exception: Active)
Passive/Avoidant:
Fights Fires (Management-by-Exception: Passive)
Avoids Involvement (Laissez-Faire)
Outcomes of Leadership:
Generates Extra Effort
Is Productive (Effectiveness)
Generates Satisfaction
Self Awareness
Transparency
Ethical/Moral
Balanced Processing
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"Research on how leaders affect followers' self-concepts indicates that transformational leadership works by influencing followers to identify with a collective enterprise and to internalize group aspirations. Transactional leadership appeals to followers' self-interest, but transformational leadership changes the way followers see themselves—from isolated individuals to members of a larger group. Transformational leaders do this by modeling collective commitment (e.g., through self-sacrifice and the use of “we” instead of “I”), emphasizing the similarity of group members, and reinforcing collective goals, shared values, and common interests. When followers see themselves as members of a collective, they tend to endorse group values and goals, and this enhances their motivation to contribute to the greater good."
Research findings on transformational leadership from "Context and leadership: an examination of the nine-factor full-range leadership theory using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire" by John Antonakis, Bruce J. Avolio and Nagaraj Sivasubramaniam, The Leadership Quarterly, 14(3), June 2003, 261-295:
- Transformational leaders created greater alignment around strategic visions and missions.
- Transformational leadership behavior factors are associated with organizational sales increases, market share, earnings and ROI.
- Scores on Transformational leadership predict individual and group performance.
- Transformational leadership has been found to explain between 45% and 60% of organizational performance.
- Transformational leaders created greater unit cohesion, commitment, and lower turnover.
- Transformational leadership predicted higher levels of product innovation in R & D teams.
- Transformational leaders created safer work environments.
- Transformational leadership training has been shown to improve leadership and associated performance over time.
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It has been more than 20 years since Bernie Bass presented an integrated overview of full range leadership development. This has been the standard for providing leadership training around the world in business, military, religious and educational contexts. Penn State University’s master of leadership development program is directed by John J. Sosik and uses these transactional –transformational leadership paradigms as their foundation for their courses. This book can be used as a main textbook for this course and supplement any IO course in the area of leadership development.
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This book presents the different theories of leadership and concentrate on the process model of Full Range Leadership that explains the concepts and procedures by which leaders affect their followers (individual leadership), teams (leader to team), and organizations (leader to larger systems). This book can be used by practitioners or students, as the authors provide practical action steps for how to best develop and display behaviors in the Full Range Leadership Development model.
Assesses personality traits with a full sphere of descriptive adjectives. The ACL provides a convenient, standardized method for recording and generating meaning for personal attributes of an individual. The ACL form can be used for self or observer ratings and Transform provides self or multi-rater assessment and reporting.
The organizational context of burnout.
Measures the components that comprise Authentic Leadership: self awareness, transparency, ethical/moral behavior, and balanced processing.
Measures the core elements of interpersonal behavior in organizations: self, interaction and task.
Developmental exercises to help you improve your leadership skills.
Measures workplace self-actualization.
Based on Leader Self and Means Efficacy Theory, the LEQ is unique because it captures both leaders' self-efficacy, as well as leaders' beliefs in the extent that those with whom they interact will support their leadership.
A measure of moral potency that has been shown to predict various ethical attitudes and behaviors of individuals, and can be used for reflection of self and actions, and help in selecting goals and support to facilitate growth as a moral actor.
The benchmark measure of transformational leadership.
Measures how often each member of the organization perceives the culture of their unit, department, or organization, to be using transformational or transactional leadership styles.
Measuring the Resource of Psychological Capital - Hope, Efficacy, Resilience and Optimism
Assessment of two theoretically derived, unique forms of psychological ownership: Preventative and Promotive.
A measure of verbal, non-verbal social competence and emotional intelligence.
Assesses the leadership style of a team. It represents an extension of transforming leadership definitions from the individual to the collective.
Helps evaluate productivity, assess employee satisfaction, and clarify employee expectations to ensure a healthy work environment.
Measures a range of job behaviors and practices referring to beliefs in one's command of the social requirements necessary for success in the workplace.