Servant leadership and job satisfaction in different types of organizations in the Caribbean

Pages: 126-129
David Bennett (School of Business and Management, University of the Commonwealth Caribbean, Jamaica)

The current study attempted to investigate the relationship between and servant leadership characteristics exhibited and job satisfaction among employees in two different types of organizations in the Caribbean. The study used convenience sampling method to collect data from both types of organizations. 80 participants (i.e., 40 participants from each organization) completed hard copies of two survey instruments: Reed, Vidaver-Cohen, and Colwell’s (2011) Executive Servant Leadership Scale and Lucas, Babakus, and Ingram’s (1990) Job Satisfaction scale. The Pearson’s r correlation test was used to examine the correlation among the variables. The study found a strong positive correlation between the interpersonal support and altruism components of servant leadership and job satisfaction for employees associated with the service organization, rs (40) = 0.545 p < .01. However, the study found only a moderately positive correlation between the interpersonal support and altruism components of servant leadership and job satisfaction for employees associated with the manufacturing organization, rs(40) = 0.303, p < 0.01.