Abstract
This research aims to adapt The Leadership on Hold-Survey (Part 1: The individual) for the Portuguese population through an exploratory study on college students. The sample consists of 230 students of higher education of two northern universities of Portugal, 80,9% women and 19,1% men, aged between 18 and 25 years. The sample shows high levels of procrastination. The obtained KMO test the value of .625, the sphericity test Bartlett Chi-Square 184,663 with 66 degrees of freedom (df degrees of freedom), significance level < .001 and commonality of greater than .500. The factor analysis of main components has identified three factors that explain 48.54, respectively: emotional, physical and strategic. The relevance of this instrument is related to the theoretical basis and the underlying conceptual support to the concept of leadership and the results provide evidence of applicability of the instrument in subsequent studies in work context.
Translated title of the contribution | Adaptation to the Portuguese population of the instrument The Leadership on Hold' - Survey (Part 1: the individual). Preliminary study in Higher Education Students |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 19-34 |
Journal | International Journal on Working Conditions |
Issue number | 15 |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |
Keywords
- Leadership
- Procrastination
- Decision
- Higher education students
- Preliminary study