The cross-cultural invariance of the Servant Leadership Survey

This paper tests and confirms the cross-cultural equivalence of the Servant Leadership Survey (SLS) in eight countries and languages: The Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Finland. A composite sample consisting of 5201 respondents from eight countries that all filled...

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Published in:Administrative Sciences
Main Authors: Van Dierendonck, Dirk, Sousa, Milton, Gunnarsdottir, Sigrun, Bobbio, Andrea, Hakanen, Jari, Verdorfer, Armin Pircher, Duyan, Emin Cihan, Rodriguez-Carvajal, Raquel
Other Authors: NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/27738
https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci7020008
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Summary:This paper tests and confirms the cross-cultural equivalence of the Servant Leadership Survey (SLS) in eight countries and languages: The Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Finland. A composite sample consisting of 5201 respondents from eight countries that all filled out the SLS was used. A three-step approach was adopted to test configural invariance, measurement equivalence, and structural equivalence. For the full 30-item version of the SLS, configural invariance and partial measurement equivalence were confirmed. Implications of these results for the use of the SLS within cross-cultural studies are discussed. publishersversion published