Design, construction and validation of the EPICL instrument to evaluate the relationship between leadership and trust in Mexican sugar mills.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to design, build and validate an instrument to measure the relationship between leadership and trust in sugar mills in Mexico. The design is instrumental type. It consists of 48 items and six dimensions: leadership style, commitment, emotional intelligence, benevolence, ability and integrity. For its validation, a sample of 52 workers from a sugar mill on the central coast area in the state of Veracruz, México, was used. The result obtained was a good internal consistency (normal Cronbach alpha 0.820 and standardized 0.803), p=0, KMO=0.931 and MSA>0.8. It is concluded that the EPICL questionnaire presents validity, construction criteria and adequate coherence; therefore, it is a valid and reliable tool for the Mexican sugar context.