An instrument of servant leadership
would ideally (a) be very valuable in encouraging empirical
research to understand the real value of servant leadership
within modern organizations, (b) help to understand
which dimensions are critical for employee well-being and
performance, and (c) help to determine how servant leadership
differs from other leadership styles, such as transformational
and ethical leadership. We will first describe
the foundations of our theoretical model on which we
based the item formulation. Next, the psychometric analyses,
including exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses,
will be discussed. Finally, the content, incremental
and criterion-related validity is addressed.