An exploratory study of servant leadership, emotional intelligence, and job satisfaction among high-tech employees

The empirical data collected during this study supports the idea that the practice of servant leadership principles can increase the health of an organization. Additional empirical research is giving support and creditability to the servant leadership theory. The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to examine if a relationship exists among servant leadership, emotional intelligence, and job satisfaction among high-tech employees in the aerospace industry. The results of this study indicated a strong positive significant correlation between the six constructs of servant leadership and job satisfaction as measured by the Organization Leadership Assessment (OLA). The empirical data collected during the present study indicated a strong positive relationship and could be used to develop leadership training programs based on servant leadership principles, establish the importance of servant leadership regardless of the industry type, and remove the barriers that impede the practice of servant leadership. The findings of this study presented no significant relationship between servant leadership and emotional intelligence and no significant relationship between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction. This study could serve as a guide to refining or giving direction to future attempts to investigate similar issues.