Chinese implicit leadership theory

In a ist attempt to identify an implicit theory of leadership among Chinese people, the authors developed the Chinese Implicit Leadership Scale (CILS) in Study 1. In Study 2, they administered the CILS to 622 Chinese particip ants from 5 occupation groups, to explore differences in perceptions of lea dership. Factor analysis yielded 4 factors of leadership: Personal Morality , Goal Efficiency, Interpersonal Competence, and Versatility. Social groups differing in age, gender, education level, and occupation rated these fact ors. Results showed no significant gender differences, and the underlying c ause for social group differences was education level. All groups gave the highest ratings to Interpersonal Competence, reflecting the enormous import ance of this factor, which is consistent with Chinese collectivist values.