TY - JOUR
T1 - The cross-cultural invariance of the Servant Leadership Survey
T2 - A comparative study across eight countries
AU - Van Dierendonck, Dirk
AU - Sousa, Milton
AU - Gunnarsdottir, Sigrun
AU - Bobbio, Andrea
AU - Hakanen, Jari
AU - Verdorfer, Armin Pircher
AU - Duyan, Emin Cihan
AU - Rodriguez-Carvajal, Raquel
PY - 2017/4
Y1 - 2017/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - servant leadership
KW - cross-cultural
KW - measurement equivalence
U2 - 10.3390/admsci7020008
DO - 10.3390/admsci7020008
M3 - Article
SN - 2076-3387
VL - 7
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Administrative Sciences
JF - Administrative Sciences
IS - 2
M1 - 8
ER -