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Work // EMTL Open Access

Employee Multidimensional Trust in Leaders Scale

15-item scale measuring an employee's trust in their manager across reliability, honesty, communication, and personal connection.

Estimated Time
~5 mins
Instrument Scale
Standardized Items
Administration
Self-Administered
Scoring Engine
Automated Real-Time

Scale Overview & Construct

15-item scale measuring an employee's trust in their manager across reliability, honesty, communication, and personal connection.

Psychometric Instrument Likert Self-Report Dimensional Breakdown Server-Side Validated

Purpose & Measurement Objectives

15-item scale measuring an employee's trust in their manager across reliability, honesty, communication, and personal connection. Based on your answers to its 15 items, you'll get a single overall score showing how strongly this pattern applies to you right now. Taking it helps you notice a pattern in your work-related thoughts, feelings, or habits that's easy to miss day to day.

Instrument Specifications

Target Population
Teachers, Educators & Faculty
Administration Format
Self-Administered
Intended Domain / Purpose
Research & Empirical Study
Recommended Age Bracket
Adults (18+ yrs)
Duration & Pacing
5 Minutes (Self-Paced)
Access License
Open Creative Commons

Academic Citation & Instrument Provenance

When referencing this instrument in research, academic theses, or clinical institutional audits, please cite the original author publication:

License: CC BY 4.0. Citation: Legood, A., van der Werff, L., Lee, A., & Den Hartog, D. (2021). A meta-analysis of the role of trust in the leadership-performance relationship. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 30(1), 1-22 (trust-in-leader measurement). This is not a diagnostic tool.

Governance, Boundaries & Ethical Use

Construct Boundaries & Interpretive Limitations

Imported from the OpenScales open item-bank project. This specific digital implementation has not been independently clinically validated by PsiQ — scores are for self-reflection, research, and educational purposes only, and are not a diagnosis.

License: CC BY 4.0. Citation: Legood, A., van der Werff, L., Lee, A., & Den Hartog, D. (2021). A meta-analysis of the role of trust in the leadership-performance relationship. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 30(1), 1-22 (trust-in-leader measurement). This is not a diagnostic tool.

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Identifier EMTL
Category Work
Scale Standard Standardized
License Status CC BY 4.0 Open Scale
PsiQ Psychometric ID #161
Employee Multidimensional Trust in Leaders Scale
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