Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Psicothema, 2011. Vol. Vol. 23 (nº 2). 336-341
Juan Antonio Moriano, Fernando Molero y Jean-Pierre Lévy Mangin
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia y Universidad de Quebec en Ottawa
En este estudio se describe el concepto de liderazgo auténtico y la validación de un cuestionario para medirlo en una muestra de más de 600 empleados españoles. Este cuestionario mide cuatro componentes diferentes, aunque relacionados entre sí, del concepto más amplio de liderazgo auténtico. Estos componentes son conciencia de sí mismo, transparencia en las relaciones, procesamiento equilibrado y moral internalizada. Los resultados obtenidos a través del modelado de ecuaciones estructurales confirmaron que la versión española del cuestionario presenta una alta fiabilidad y validez concurrente para una serie de variables asociadas al liderazgo como son la efectividad percibida del líder, el esfuerzo extra de los seguidores y la satisfacción con el líder.
Authentic leadership. Concept and validation of the ALQ in Spain. This study presents the validation of the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) in a sample of more than 600 Spanish employees. This questionnaire measures four distinct but related substantive components of authentic leadership. These components are: self-awareness, relational transparency, balanced processing, and internalized moral perspective. Structural equation modeling confirmed that the Spanish version of ALQ has high reliability and predictive validity for important leadership outputs such as perceived effectiveness of leadership, followers’ extra effort and satisfaction with the leader.