Psychometric properties of the Turkish ethical leadership at work questionnaire

Özsoy, E, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524 and Ceylan, M, 2025. Psychometric properties of the Turkish ethical leadership at work questionnaire. Cogent Psychology, 12 (1): 2467517. ISSN 2331-1908

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Abstract

Ethical leadership is necessary to adopt a fair and reliable management approach in business life and offer sustainability advantages to organizations. One of the critical issues in ethical leadership studies is the assessment of ethical leadership. Kalshoven et al. (Citation2011) developed the multidimensional Ethical Leadership at Work Questionnaire (ELWQ) but it has yet to be adapted to Turkish. Therefore, the ELWQ was translated into Turkish (ELWQ-T), and its psychometric properties were tested. The sample comprised 442 employees. Descriptive statistics, internal consistency tests (Cronbach’s alpha, McDonald’s omega, and composite reliability), Pearson’s correlations, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to analyze the data. The ELWQ-T showed acceptable internal consistency. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the seven-factor model had acceptable fit indices. Findings supporting convergent validity were obtained between the ELWQ-T and the Turkish version of the Ethical Leadership Scale (ELS). The seven dimensions showed distinctive associations with other variables (eg autocratic leadership, cynicism, and job satisfaction). Age and gender were not associated with the ELWQ-T. All the findings indicate that the ELWQ-T has robust psychometric properties and can be used in future management and organizational psychology research in Türkiye.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Cogent Psychology
Creators:	Özsoy, E., Griffiths, M.D. and Ceylan, M.
Publisher:	Informa UK Limited
Date:	2025
Volume:	12
Number:	1
ISSN:	2331-1908
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/23311908.2025.2467517 DOI 2380815 Other
Rights:	© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Melissa Cornwell
Date Added:	21 Feb 2025 10:06
Last Modified:	21 Feb 2025 10:06
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53103

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