The Advisor Servant Leadership Behavior Scale: Development and Construct Clarification
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Authors
Paul, Wayne Kohle
Issue Date
2012-09-20
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
academic advising , advisor , leadership , Advisor Servant Leadership Behavior Scale (ASLBS) , Academic Advising Inventory (AAI) , Servant Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ) , gender , class , age , race
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Abstract
This study investigated the plausibility of measuring academic advisors’ servant leadership behaviors using a written instrument. Spears’ (1998) conceptualization of servant leadership and Crookston’s (1972) conceptualization of academic advising served as the basis for survey item development. A panel of advising experts assessed the content validity of the Advisor Servant Leadership Behavior Scale (ASLBS). The ASLBS pilot-survey contained 30 items after content validation. The Academic Advising Inventory (AAI) and the Servant Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ) provided support for the construct and predictive validity of the ASLBS. An exploratory factor analysis revealed a four-factor model; Conceptual Mapping, Holistic Growth, Degree Awareness, Advising Environment. The four-factor ASBLS showed positive correlations with the AAI and SLQ thus supporting its construct and predictive validity. ASLBS internal consistency was high, .87 or greater for each factor. A confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the ASLBS four-factor structure. The results showed that the ASLBS can be used to help support the assessment of servant leadership based advising, and servant leadership based advising training and development programs.
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Wayne Kohle Paul Dissertation Spring 2012