Leadership, management, and team practices in research labs: Development and validation of two new measures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective leadership and management practices contribute to responsible, high-quality research and the well-being of team members. We describe the development and initial validation of a measure assessing principal investigators' leadership and management practices and a measure of research team practices.

Methods

Using a cross-sectional survey design, 570 postdoctoral researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health reported on the perceived behaviors of their principal investigator (PI) and the research team. The PI leadership and management items factored into two dimensions: fostering relationships and directing research.

Results

Correlations of these new scales with existing, validated measures of ethical leadership and general leader behavior p

SUBMITTER: Antes AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12012157 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature