The Servant Leadership Questionnaire

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The broad-spectrum of enquiry that fortifies the scientific approach, consists of inductive discovery (induction) and deductive proof (deduction), which makes us, ponder whether we should begin with a theory, or should theory result from the research. A similar dilemma is faced in the research objective above whether to test the existing antecedents of servant leadership on a behavioral scale or to explore and identify “What makes a servant leader?”
The proposed study is an inductive attempt set out neither to substantiate nor to falsify the existing servant leader theories and models, rather through a process of gathering data; it endeavors to establish prototypes, consistencies and meanings to this novel field of research in leadership …show more content…

The development of the Servant Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ) by Barbuto and Wheeler (2006) provided a means to conduct empirical research on servant leadership behavior. Sendjaya, Sarros, and Santora (2008) have also published another instrument claiming to measure servant leadership called the Servant Leadership Behaviour Scale. Servant Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ), through meticulous scale and construct validation, has developed an instrument to highlight five distinct characteristics of servant leaders: altruistic calling, emotional healing, wisdom, persuasive mapping and organizational stewardship. My research seeks to answer the drive that brings about these characteristics in an individual, thus making the individual a servant leader and also to know if spiritual inclination of an individual can be the thrust of altruistic calling and stewardship of an …show more content…

To begin with, the research shall use these scale, and administer on employees of different organizations to identify servant leaders in an organization. Also certain established servant leaders like Kisan Baburao ‘Anna’ Hazare and the like shall be identified by snowball technique. Establishing sound measures ensures an important element of generating inclusive categories. Thus, my research uses 2 scales to identify Servant Leader. The development of the Servant Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ) by Barbuto and Wheeler (2006) provided a means to conduct empirical research on servant leadership behavior. Sendjaya, Sarros, and Santora (2008) have also published another instrument claiming to measure servant leadership called the Servant Leadership Behaviour Scale. Servant Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ), through meticulous scale and construct validation, has developed an instrument to highlight five distinct characteristics of servant leaders: altruistic calling, emotional healing, wisdom, persuasive mapping and organizational

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