Exploratory Factor Analysis

Scaling and Exploratory Factor Analysis

Select 3 scholarly papers on leadership that used multi-item constructs and exploratory factor analysis.

Please cite those three papers in the following questions below:

Address the following points in a synthesized set of paragraphs.
What are the measured multi-item constructs/ latent variables? Give example items or the full scales.
Why did the authors need to use EFA?
Comment on the validity of these constructs.
Could the authors do a better job finding and measuring these constructs?