MEASURING CHARISMA - DIMENSIONALITY AND VALIDITY OF THE CONGER-KANUNGO SCALE OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP

As part of an ongoing research program on charismatic leadership, Cong er and Kanungo (1994) developed and tested a questionnaire to measure the perceived behavioural dimensions of charismatic leadership as prop osed in their model (1987, 1988). This article reports on further anal yses of the dimensionality and validity of the Conger-Kanungo scale. I t begins with a reanalysis of the data from the 1994 study. It then re ports on three separate studies conducted in the United States using m anagers (N=103) in Canada using political party delegates (N=71) and i n India using clerical staff (N=98) to examine convergent and discrimi nant validity. The results of the dimensionality analyses suggest five -factor model consistent with the Weberian notion of charismatic leade rship. The results of the US, Canadian, and Indian studies provide fur ther evidence that the Conger-Kanungo scale has acceptable reliability and validity as a diagnostic tool in diverse contexts.