The Leadership Quarterly· 2018Q1· Review
Servant Leadership: A systematic review and call for future research
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Short summary
This systematic review of 285 articles (1998-2018) clarifies the servant leadership construct, evaluates 16 measurement tools, maps its theoretical network, and proposes a future research agenda.
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Key points
- Reviews 285 servant leadership articles published between 1998 and 2018.
- Provides a new definition for servant leadership and distinguishes it from similar leadership styles.
- Evaluates the psychometric properties of 16 existing servant leadership scales.
- Maps the antecedents, outcomes, moderators, and mediators of servant leadership.
- Outlines a future research agenda for theoretical and empirical development.
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Abstract
Notwithstanding the proliferation of servant leadership studies with over 100 articles published in the last four years alone, a lack of coherence and clarity around the construct has impeded its theory development. We provide an integrative and comprehensive review of the 285 articles on servant leadership spanning 20 years (1998–2018), and in so doing extend the field in four different ways. First, we provide a conceptual clarity of servant leadership vis-à-vis other value-based leadership approaches and offer a new definition of servant leadership. Second, we evaluate 16 existing measures of servant leadership in light of their respective rigor of scale construction and validation. Third, we map the theoretical and nomological network of servant leadership in relation to its antecedents, outcomes, moderators, mediators. We finally conclude by presenting a detailed future research agenda to bring the field forward encompassing both theoretical and empirical advancement. All in all, our review paints a holistic picture of where the literature has been and where it should go into the future.
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