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Defining and Measuring Servant Leadership Behaviour in Organizations
Author(s) -
Sendjaya Sen,
Sarros James C.,
Santora Joseph C.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00761.x
Subject(s) - servant leadership , dimension (graph theory) , servant , scale (ratio) , measure (data warehouse) , psychology , leadership , sociology , social psychology , leadership style , computer science , mathematics , data mining , physics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , programming language
This paper examines the development and initial validation of a multidimensional measure of servant leadership behaviour (Servant Leadership Behaviour Scale). Both qualitative and quantitative studies are reported to establish preliminary psychometric properties for the new 35‐item, six‐dimension measure. The resultant servant leadership model is characterized by its service orientation, holistic outlook, and moral‐spiritual emphasis, thereby extending current models of servant leadership and existing works on contemporary leadership approaches. Theoretical contributions, practical implications, and future research directions are discussed in the concluding section of the paper.