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 Misra 1 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.