The aim of this article is to describe the development of
a valid and reliable instrument that measures servant
leadership in all its complexity, that is behaviorally
oriented, focuses on the role of the leader in the relationship
with followers, and which is easy to use. Despite
previous attempts to construct a valid and reliable instrument,
there still is a need for a concise scale representing
the essential characteristics of servant leadership within a
multi-dimensional framework directly linked to Greenleaf’s
ideas