The Cross-Cultural Invariance of the Servant Leadership Survey: A Comparative Study across Eight Countries
ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, vol.7, no.2, 2017 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 7 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2017
- Doi Number: 10.3390/admsci7020008
- Journal Name: ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Keywords: servant leadership, cross-cultural, measurement equivalence, EQUIVALENCE
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
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.