JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS
What is Wisdom? The Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure
Author(s): Dora E. Schmit, Jeffrey Muldoon, Kate Pounders
Citation: Dora E. Schmit, Jeffrey Muldoon, Kate Pounders, (2012) "What is Wisdom? The Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure," Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 9, Iss. 2, pp. 39 - 54
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
This study develops a multidimensional scale for measuring the concept of wisdom. Through synthesizing
and augmenting multiple conceptualizations and operationalizations of wisdom, we propose and validate
a twenty-one item measure of wisdom. This measure integrates literature from both the implicit and
explicit theories of wisdom in psychology and also incorporates recent management literature. Two
studies are conducted and both demonstrate support for dimensionality, reliability and validity of the
proposed scale. This scale offers a more complete and theoretically grounded measure of wisdom in a
workplace context, thus contributing to the extant literature.