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Agreement for Permission to Use the Psychological Capital Questionnaire
(PCQ)
2007 - Version 1.0
Introduction
The Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) has undergone significant validation efforts to demonstrate that it is both reliable and construct valid. Permission to use the PCQ 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:
- The PCQ 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.
- If the researcher is translating the PCQ into another language, the PCQ must be back translated into English by an independent specialist and reviewed by Dr. Fred Luthans, fluthans@unlnotes.unl.edu, in order to assure the PCQ items have been properly translated. A translation agreement must be signed and sent to Mind Garden, Inc., 855 Oak Grove Ave., Suite 215, Menlo Park, CA 94025, info@mindgarden.com before starting the translation work.
- The researchers must submit the Abstract of Research Project form, which is a brief description of their specific use of the PCQ. 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 PCQ 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.
- The researchers agree to use the PCQ only for the specific study that has been requested. There will be no further use of the PCQ without resubmitting the Abstract of Research Project form for additional permission to use the PCQ with additional studies.
- The researcher will not provide the PCQ to any other researchers without submitting the Abstract of Research Project form for permission.
- The researcher agrees to provide the raw data collected with the PCQ to Dr. Fred Luthans, fluthans@unlnotes.unl.edu, at the Global Leadership Institute 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 24 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.
- The citation to be used for the source of the PCQ is
Luthans, F., Youssef, C.M., & Avolio, B.J. (2007). Psychological Capital (pp. 237-238). New York: Oxford University Press
Also see Luthans, F., Avolio, B.J., Avey, J.B., & Norman, S.M. (2007). Positive psychological capital: Measurement and relationship with performance and satisfaction. Personnel Psychology, 60,541-572.
