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Servant Leadership Scale

The Servant Leadership Scale (SLS), developed by Liden and colleagues in 2008, measures the extent to which leaders prioritize others' well-being and development. Building on Robert Greenleaf's 1970 concept of servant leadership, the SLS operationalizes servant leadership across seven dimensions: emotional healing, creating value for community, conceptual skills, empowering others, helping followers grow and succeed, putting followers first, and behaving ethically. The scale enables assessment of leadership styles that foster trust, engagement, and organizational effectiveness.

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Servant Leadership Scale (SLS) - Multidimensional Assessment
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / organizational-behavior
  • Liden, R. C., Wayne, S. J., Zhao, H., & Henderson, D. (2008). Servant leadership: development of a multidimensional measure and multi-level assessment. The Leadership Quarterly, 19(2), 161-177. · DOI 10.1016/j.leaqua.2008.01.006
  • Greenleaf, R. K. (1970). The servant as leader. Indianapolis: Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. · URL
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