Abstract:
Research has suggested the importance of managerial competencies in
predicting managerial success. Managerial resourcefulness implies the
use of cognitive self-regulatory competencies to cope well with environmental
challenges in an organisational setting. However, measures
of managerial resourcefulness are scarce. This study reports on the
validation of a new Managerial Resourcefulness Questionnaire (MRQ)
in the Turkish context. The MRQ was validated using three samples
of Turkish managers and yielded sound psychometric properties for
an eight-factorial structure consisting of 50 items. The results provided
empirical evidence for reliability, measurement invariance and
discriminant validity of the MRQ. Significant correlations between the
MRQ and several measures were also found, which together provided
evidence for its construct validity. Implications for future research and
practice are discussed.
