TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring the efficacy of leaders to assess information and make decisions in a crisis
T2 - The C-LEAD scale
AU - Hadley, Constance Noonan
AU - Pittinsky, Todd L.
AU - Sommer, S. Amy
AU - Zhu, Weichun
N1 - Funding Information:
This research has been funded and supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , and the CDC Foundation . The authors thank Brian Welle, H'Sien Hayward, Seth Rosenthal, Andrea Young, Cecilia Meijer, Matthew Montoya, Laura Maruskin, Laura Bacon, Stefanie Simon, Erika James, Donna Kalikow, Howard Koh, Barry Dorn, Owen Andrews, and three anonymous reviewers for helpful input and comments on earlier versions of this manuscript. We would also like to thank the co-directors of The National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, David Gergen and Leonard Marcus, for their support of this research and introduction to many successful crisis leaders.
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - Based on the literature and expert interviews, we developed a new measure, the C-LEAD scale, to capture the efficacy of leaders to assess information and make decisions in a public health and safety crisis. In Studies 1 and 2, we found that C-LEAD predicted decision making difficulty and confidence in crisis contexts better than measures of general leadership efficacy and procedural crisis preparedness. In Study 3, our measure of crisis leader efficacy predicted motivation to lead in a crisis, voluntary crisis leader role-taking, and decision making accuracy as a leader. Together, the studies promote the initial construct validity of the C-LEAD scale and a deeper understanding of the factors involved in effective crisis leadership.
AB - Based on the literature and expert interviews, we developed a new measure, the C-LEAD scale, to capture the efficacy of leaders to assess information and make decisions in a public health and safety crisis. In Studies 1 and 2, we found that C-LEAD predicted decision making difficulty and confidence in crisis contexts better than measures of general leadership efficacy and procedural crisis preparedness. In Study 3, our measure of crisis leader efficacy predicted motivation to lead in a crisis, voluntary crisis leader role-taking, and decision making accuracy as a leader. Together, the studies promote the initial construct validity of the C-LEAD scale and a deeper understanding of the factors involved in effective crisis leadership.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.05.005
DO - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.05.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79960465383
VL - 22
SP - 633
EP - 648
JO - Leadership Quarterly
JF - Leadership Quarterly
SN - 1048-9843
IS - 4
ER -