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Servant Leadership Questionnaire (Barbuto & Wheeler).

SLQ (Barbuto-Wheeler)

What it measures
Servant leadership - 5 dimensions: Altruistic calling, Emotional healing, Wisdom, Persuasive mapping, Organizational stewardship.
Length and format
23 items. 5-point Likert; self and rater (follower) forms (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Several incl. ZH, ES, PT, TR, FA (validated adaptations).
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Barbuto, J. E., & 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

https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601106287091

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