Descriptions of organizational servant leadership practices, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment at faith-based higher education institutions

There is a continuing need for empirical research involving servant leadership theory. The purpose of this study was to add to the body of academic literature involving the organizational practice of servant leadership and its relationship to the organizational constructs of job satisfaction and organizational commitment.;This research examined employee descriptions of organizational servant leadership practices from the level of employment perspective, the mediating variable of job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. The participants were employees from faith-based higher education institutions located in the United States. Sixty-eight employees responded to an 84-item survey instrument.;The major finding of this study was the significant relationship between the organizational practice of servant leadership and employee affective and normative commitment. No significant differences were found between organizational servant leadership perception by employees at the management or workforce level. A review of the literature revealed plausible reasons for this study's findings.