| Abstract: | The aim of the current paper was to address central conceptual and methodological complications in leadership studies, particularly as these have been detected in the Multifactor Leadership Theory and its principle instrument, the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire. To this end, a methodological tool is presented that integrates three central leadership constructs into the Schwartz Value Scale (SVS). The tool offered here, which is grounded on the recent differentiation between transformational and transformative leadership, awards conceptual and methodological clarity and addresses incongruities that are insufficiently explained by current models. Integrating the Multifactor Leadership Theory with the SVS offers a more complex and conceptually sound methodological basis that can be used for leadership research in general and the connection between leaders’ motivational values and behavior in particular. |
