TY  - JOUR
T1  - Validating the Instrument to Measure Entrepreneurial Leadership
AU - Ibrahim, Mohamed Dahlan AU - Al Mamun, Abdullah AU - Yusoff, Mohd Nor Hakimin AU - Mahmood, Tengku Mohd Azizuddin Tuan 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 11
IS  - 8
SP  - 1620
EP  - 1628
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2017.1620.1628
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2017.1620.1628
KW  - Instrument
KW  -responsibility
KW  -accountability
KW  -analytical thinking
KW  -emotional intelligence
KW  -entrepreneurial leadership
AB  - The primary objective of this study is to develop and validate the instrument to measure
entrepreneurial leadership among the low-income households in Kelantan, Malaysia. Present study attempts
to answer the call of existing studies to explore the individual antecedents of entrepreneurial leadership and to
examine the constructs of responsibility, accountability, analytical thinking and emotional intelligence as
indicators and measures of entrepreneurial leadership. This study adopted a cross-sectional design and
quantitative data was collected from 800 households from 4 Districts in Kelantan, Malaysia, through a
structured interview. Based on the reliability and validity testing, this study finalized the instrument reducing
a 27 items scale to 21 items yielding four factors, i.e., responsibility (five items), accountability (three items),
analytical thinking (five items) and emotional intelligence (eight items). Findings of the reflective hierarchical
model show that emotional intelligence is the highest contributor to entrepreneurial leadership among
the low-income households in Kelantan, Malaysia, followed by responsibility, analytical thinking and
accountability. It is recommended that future researchers continue the development of the instrument
by cross-examining the instrument presented in this study across the different income level groups living in
low-income as well as developed countries.
ER  -