The purpose of the study was to develop the Compassionate Rationalism Leadership
Questionnaire (CRLQ) as a measurement scale for the leadership of Compassionate
Rationalism in lifelong education. As the method for the study, with reference to the related
literature review and pertinent previous study the FGI with the specialists were done to
collect measurement variables and questionnaire items for the preliminary survey. Based on
the result of the preliminary survey, 126 items were selected with which the main survey
was conducted. The exploratory factor analysis demonstrated that the internal consistent
reliability of CRLQ was found to be very high and that 4 factor structures in both
Rationalism and Compassionism were drawn, respectively. In order to validate the factor
structure drawn from the result of the exploratory factor analysis, the confirmatory factor
analysis with the data collected from 292 subjects was done to confirm that the level of fit
indices of CRLQ model was acceptable and supported the validity of the 8 factor structure
and the hierarchical model. To conclude, CRLQ was composed of 2 latent variables, that is,
Rationalism that was composed of 4 sub-variables which were rational contextual judgement,
strategic prediction, logical problem solving, and optimized control management, and
Compassionism with 4 sub-variables of trust-based empowerment, empathic consideration,
embracing humility, and altruistic collaboration. Also, the CRLQ was finalized with 55 items,
which was confirmed to be validated and reliable.