The Leader Vitality Scale: Development, Psychometric Assessment, and Validation

Area of Science:

• Organizational Psychology
• Positive Psychology
• Leadership Studies

Background:

• Leaders significantly influence follower well-being and performance.
• Leaders must balance organizational demands with personal vitality.
• Leader vitality is crucial for sustained high-level functioning.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and validate a new scale measuring leader vitality.
• To assess the physical, psychological, and emotional components of leader vitality.
• To establish the psychometric properties of the Leader Vitality Scale (LVS).

Main Methods:

• Study 1: Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the LVS with 175 participants (128 leaders).
• Study 1: Convergent validity assessed by correlating LVS with established vitality scales.
• Study 2: LVS administered to 92 US-based senior leaders across various organizational levels.

Main Results:

• The LVS demonstrated a hierarchical structure with three distinct vitality factors.
• LVS showed positive correlations with existing vitality measures, indicating convergent validity.
• LVS scores significantly correlated with life satisfaction, positive emotions, work functioning, and psychological capital.

Conclusions:

• The Leader Vitality Scale (LVS) is a valid and reliable measure for assessing leader vitality.
• The LVS can be utilized in future research on leadership, well-being, and workplace functioning.
• Assessing leader vitality is important for enhancing individual and organizational outcomes.