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Development of the servant leadership assessment instrument

Dennis, Robert S., Bocarnea, Mihai·2005·Leadership & Organization Development Journal
DOI 10.1108/01437730510633692
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Purpose: Building upon Patterson's servant leadership theory, this study aims to present an instrument to measure the constructs of this working theory (identified as agapao love, humanity, altruism, vision, trust, service, and empowerment). Design/methodology/approach: Specifically, the seven component concepts, as defined by Patterson, were used to build items for a servant leadership instrument. This study used DeVellis' “Guidelines in Scale Development” to develop an instrument for Patterson's new theory of servant leadership. The participants for the study consisted of a stratified sample taken from the study response data base. The surveys were created, and administered, using an online survey using surveysuite. Findings: Three separate data collections were used for the development of this instrument reducing the 71‐item scale to 42 items yielding five factors: empowerment, love, humility, trust, and vision. Research limitations/implications: Recommend that future research include surveys at companies and organizations that advocate servant leadership concepts. Future research should include how each gender influences some of these items. Practical implications: It is the intention that this instrument has the ability to predict or give measurement to the concepts of Patterson's theory of servant leadership so that a servant leader can measure his or her effectiveness as a servant leader. Originality/value: According to the review of the literature, this is the first instrument to measure five factors on servant leadership.

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  • Dennis and Bocarnea developed a five-dimensional instrument directly related to Patterson's seven-dimensional model.

    “Dennis and Bocarnea (2005) developed a five-dimensional instrument directly related to Patterson’s (2003) seven-dimensional model.”

    From The Servant Leadership Survey: Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure (2011) · cites this paper as Dennis and Bocarnea (2005)

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Authors
Dennis, R. S., & Bocarnea, M.
Affiliations
Dayton VA Medical Center (US)
Venue
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2005-12-01
Volume
26
Issue
8
Pages
600-615
ISSN
0143-7739 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1108/01437730510633692
OpenAlex
W2082302522
Cited by
458
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 32 · 2013: 23 · 2012: 15
FWCI
27.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.emerald.com/insight/site-policies (tdm)
Locations
Leadership & Organization Development Journal (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Leadership and Management in Organizations
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Keywords
servant leadership, leadership assessment instrument, scale development, humility, trust, vision, empowerment, altruism

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