title: Assessing leadership decision-making styles: psychometric properties of the Leadership Judgement Indicator.
abstract: This study aimed to validate the Italian version of the Leadership Judgement Indicator, an unconventional instrument devoted to measurement of leaders' judgments and preferred styles, ie, directive, consultative, consensual, or delegative, when dealing with a range of decision-making scenarios. After forward-translation and back-translation, its psychometric properties were estimated for 299 managers at various levels, who were asked to put themselves in the position of leader and to rate the appropriateness of certain ways of responding to challenge. Differences between several groups of managers, ranked in order of seniority, provided evidence for discriminant validity. Internal consistency was adequate. The findings show that the Italian adaptation of the Leadership Judgement Indicator has promising psychometric qualities, suggesting its suitability for use to improve outcomes in both organizational and selection settings.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Enna "Kore", Enna, Italy.
authors.forename: Palmira
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Faraci
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lock
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wheeler
keywords: Leadership Judgement Indicator; decision-making; psychometric properties; scenarios; situational test