The riddle of self-centered leadership in Arab organizations: a measurement scale

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to develop a scale to empirically measure the self-centered leadership SCL pattern in Arab organizations.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper depends on two Egyptian samples. It has conducted exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and multiple regression analyses to generate the proposed SCL measurement scale.

Findings

The analyses have revealed that the new measurement scale is valid and reliable. They have also confirmed the multidimensional structure of the self-centered leadership construct.

Originality/value

The Arab leadership literature is in short of scales which take into consideration the specialties of the Arab cultures. Therefore, this study fills a lacuna in international research which examines Arab leadership behaviors from a culture-bound perspective.

Citation

Hawass, H.H. (2019), "The riddle of self-centered leadership in Arab organizations: a measurement scale", Management Research Review, Vol. 42 No. 4, pp. 430-459. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-04-2018-0168