Abstract
Prior research has found servant leadership to be positively associated with beneficial outcomes, including employee satisfaction, employee engagement, and employee commitment. Servant leadership theory suggests that these outcomes should translate into better financial performance. However, little research has examined the relationship between servant leadership and firm financial performance. To address this issue, we examine a number of profitability and efficiency ratios of servant leadership firms, comparing them to those of their non-servant leadership peers. We find that firms in our servant leadership sample tend to be more profitable and operate more efficiently than their non-servant leadership peers.
Recommended Citation
Cotten, Brett; Schneider, Douglas; and Navarrete, Danielle
(2026)
"An Empirical Analysis of the Financial Performance of Servant Leadership Firms,"
Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice: Vol. 13:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/sltp/vol13/iss1/3
