Managerial Resourcefulness: The Construct and Its Measurement

Abstract

This paper attempts to operationalise the construct of managerial resourcefulness. The construct was first proposed by Kanungo and Misra1 who suggested that managerial resourcefulness is a constellation of three generic competencies—affective, intellectual and action-oriented, which helps the manager deal with the non-routine, non-programmable aspects of the managerial role. The present study involving 485 managers, develops a psychometrically sound measure of managerial resourcefulness and tests a nomothetic network for the construct. Analysis also revealed an underlying three-factor structure.