4.10.2 Servant Leadership Questionnaire, Barbuto and Wheeler (2006)
Barbuto and Wheeler’s (2006) Servant Leadership Questionnaire assesses potential qualities of a servant leader across eleven areas. These areas include empathy and awareness, leadership skills, persuasion, conceptualization, and focus. The instrument identifies five key factors that define a servant leader: altruistic calling, emotional healing, persuasive mapping, wisdom, and organizational stewardship.
The instrument was developed in 2006 by John E. Barbuto, Jr., an associate professor of leadership, and Daniel W. Wheeler, a professor of leadership, both from the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The instrument’s reliability and validity were tested using data from 80 leaders and 388 raters. The internal consistency, factor structure, convergent validity, divergent validity, and predictive validity were assessed. The instrument’s validity and performance in various criteria make it valuable for future research.
Access
The instrument is available online for free through Digital Commons at the University of Nebraska using this link: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/aglecfacpub/51/
References
Barbuto, J. E., Jr., & Wheeler, D. W. (2006). Scale Development and Construct Clarification of Servant Leadership. Group & Organization Management, 31(3), 300–326. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601106287091
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