To obtain the ALQ, please read the conditions on this page. You will be required to sign an agreement stating that you understand and agree to comply with these conditions.
Agreement for Permission to Use the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire
Self or Rater Survey 2007
Version 1.0
Introduction
The Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) has undergone significant validation efforts to demonstrate that it is both reliable and construct valid. Permission to use the ALQ free of charge and for a limited period is provided for research purposes only. Such use is conditional on submitting the Abstract of Research Project and adhering to the following conditions:
Research Use Conditions:
1. The ALQ will be used in its exact form without any changes to the instructions, rating scale/anchors, order or number of items. All of the items listed in survey must be used.
2. If the researcher is translating the ALQ into another language, the ALQ must be back translated into English by an independent specialist and reviewed by Dr. Bruce J. Avolio, bavolio@u.washington.edu, in order to assure the ALQ items have been properly translated. A translation agreement must be submitted to Mind Garden before starting the translation work. Please note that no purchase is required in order to translate the ALQ.
3. The researchers must submit the Abstract of Research Project form, which is a brief description of their specific use of the ALQ. This description needs to include the following: The main thrust of the research, hypotheses; the sample/organization(s) characteristics including number of participants and demographics, type of organization, country in which data are being collected, language, and how the data were collected such as by paper and pencil survey, Web, etc. If the ALQ is to be put on the Web then the conditions at http://www.mindgarden.com/how.htm#instrumentweb need to be met. Where the Web conditions indicate compensating Mind Garden, put that the Abstract of Research Project form has been submitted as the compensation.
4. The researchers agree to use the ALQ only for the specific study that has been requested. There will be no further use of the ALQ without resubmitting the Abstract of Research Project form for additional permission to use the ALQ with additional studies.
5. The researcher will not provide the ALQ to any other researchers without submitting the Abstract of Research Project form for permission.
6. The researcher agrees to provide the raw data collected with the ALQ to Dr. Avolio, bavolio@u.washington.edu, to be added to the normative data base maintained for use by other researchers. The data set should be in ASCII format, and include just the raw data for the 16 items indicating the following: Those ratings that are self, supervisor, peer, follower, or other. Code rating level as self = 0, supervisor = 1, peer = 2, follower = 3, other = 4 (and indicate the meaning of “other”). Any additional demographics on the sample that can be included in the data file would be appreciated. Include a full description of the demographic questions and how the responses are coded.
