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Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ)

Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) Test

Understand how authentically you lead in 3 minutes, from self-awareness to values, feedback, and transparency. Fast, 16-item results support hiring, coaching, and trust-building.

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October 2, 2025

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34/100

Authentic Leadership (AL)

Measures the extent to which a leader demonstrates authentic leadership through self-awareness, internal moral perspective, balanced processing, and relational transparency.

Developing

Established

Highly authentic

0 – 39: Developing | 40 – 69: Established | 70 – 100: Highly authentic

A score of 34 falls in the Developing range, suggesting authentic leadership behaviors are present but not yet consistently expressed across key domains.

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Who Usually Takes This Test?

People managers and team leads

41%OF USERS

Current managers take it to understand how their self-awareness, values, openness, and feedback habits affect trust and performance.

HR and talent specialists

34%OF USERS

Recruiters and L&D professionals use it to support selection, succession planning, and targeted leadership development.

Aspiring leaders and high-potentials

25%OF USERS

Individual contributors aiming for leadership roles take it to identify strengths and growth areas before stepping into responsibility.

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Authentic Leadership (ALQ) (AL()

Average

67.7

Normal range

55.5 — 79.9

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It assesses authentic leadership behaviors across self-awareness, internalized moral perspective, balanced processing, and relational transparency.

How long does it take and how many items are included?

Estimated completion time is about 3 minutes. It includes 16 items.

Who can complete it?

It can be completed by individuals in leadership roles or by those who supervise others. It may also be used in training, coaching, and team development settings.

How should items be answered?

Select the response that best matches typical behavior rather than rare or ideal behavior. Answer each item based on usual workplace situations.

How should results be interpreted?

Scores indicate relative strengths and development needs in the four domains. Results are best used with other information rather than as the sole basis for decisions.

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Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This measure assesses perceived authentic leadership behaviors in workplace or organizational contexts. The Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) is commonly used in leadership development, coaching, and research settings to characterize patterns of leader behavior relevant to trust and ethical influence.

The instrument includes 16 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Items are designed to reflect four domains: self-awareness, an internalized moral perspective (values-guided decision-making), balanced processing (consideration of information and feedback), and relational transparency (openness and honesty in communication). Authors are Fred O. Walumbwa, Bruce J. Avolio, and William L. Gardner.

Scores from the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) are intended to support structured discussion of leadership strengths and areas for development and should be interpreted in the context of role demands, organizational culture, and corroborating information (e.g., observer ratings, performance data) rather than used as a stand-alone indicator for high-stakes decisions.

Author: Bruce J. Avolio, Fred O. Walumbwa, William L. Gardner

Literature: Northouse, P. G. Leadership: Theory and practice. SAGE Publications. 2021.

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