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Development and Validation of the Adaptive Leadership with Authority Scale

Raei, Mohammed
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6022-4418
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch153684122004308

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2018, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
A reliable scale to measure adaptive leadership with authority—leadership from a position of power—does not exist. This was an embedded mixed-methods study–QUAN(qual) with data collected through an online survey instrument that included the proposed scale items and an open-ended question. The quantitative part of the study, using data from 436 respondents (92.7% from Mechanical Turk, 7.3% from snowball sampling), involved the development and validation of a unidimensional scale that measures adaptive leadership with authority using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The 11-item scale had a Cronbach’s alpha value of .891 and thus displayed high reliability. In the qualitative part of the study, thematic analysis was used to analyze data from 550 respondents to confirm the presence of adaptive leadership with authority sub-constructs and identify possible adaptive leadership behaviors not included in the adaptive leadership framework. The analysis provided support for the following adaptive leadership with authority sub-constructs: Distinguish Between Adaptive and Technical Challenges; Identify the Stakeholders and Their Losses; Create the Holding Environment; Regulate the Distress to maintain focus on adaptive work; Give the Work Back; and Use of Self as a diagnostic and intervention instrument. The narrative data did not support Protecting Voices of Leadership without Authority. The combination of the narrative data and scale pointed to Give the Work Back, Use of Self, and Create the Holding Environment as the most important elements in adaptive leadership with authority. This dissertation is accompanied by a de-identified data file [xls] and the author’s MP4 video introduction. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA: Antioch University Repository and Archive, http://aura.antioch.edu/ and Ohiolink ETD Center, https://etd.ohiolink.edu/
Mitchell Kusy, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Carol Baron, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Harriette Thurber Rasmussen, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
232 p.
Adult Education; Developmental Psychology; Management; Organization Theory; Organizational Behavior
Adaptive Leadership; Adaptive Challenges; Adaptive Change; Change Theories; Second Order Change; Leading Change; Wicked Problems; Leadership Development; Complex Adaptive Systems; Transformational Leadership; Scale Development; Mixed Methods

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  • Raei, M. (2018). Development and Validation of the Adaptive Leadership with Authority Scale [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch153684122004308

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Raei, Mohammed . Development and Validation of the Adaptive Leadership with Authority Scale. 2018. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch153684122004308.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Raei, Mohammed . "Development and Validation of the Adaptive Leadership with Authority Scale." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch153684122004308

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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