Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to 1) study major and minor aspects related to servant leadership of the Nursing Academic Institute administrators, 2) develop servant leadership attribute indicators of Nursing Academic Institute administrators, and 3) perform a confirmatory factor analysis of the servant leadership attribute indicators of the Nursing Academic Institute administrators using a hypothetical model with empirical data. This research consisted of three phases. Phase 1, study the major and minor aspects related to servant leadership by reviewing the literature and research consult. The data were collected by document analysis. Phase 2, develop the indicators by using the Delphi technique with 15 experts. The data were collected using a questionnaire. The statistics used to analyze the data were median and interquartile range. Phase 3, examine the structural indicators model of the Nursing Academic Institute administrators using empirical data. The sample consisted of 195 nursing academic administrators selected by using a cluster random sampling technique. The instrument used for collecting the data was a questionnaire. The content validity was between 0.6-1.0 and the reliability was between 0.735-0.940. The statistics used to analyze the data were mean, standard deviation and confirmatory factor analysis by using LISREL 9.2 student version. The results of this research were at follows: 1) The results showed that there were three major and ten minor aspects in the servant leadership attribute indicators of the Nursing Academic Institute administrators. The three major aspects were 1) caring with heart, which consisted of 3 minor aspects: service, stewardship and healing, 2) relationship, which consisted of 4 minor aspects: trust, listening, community building and humility, and 3) focus for human development, which consisted of 3 minor aspects: vision, empowerment and commitment to the growth of people. 2) The results of the Delphi technique showed that the 94 indicators of the Nursing Academic Institute administrators consisted of: caring with heart (28 indicators), relationship (40 indicators) and focus on human development (26 indicators). The median was between 4-5 and the interquartile range was less than 1.5. 3) The results of the confirmatory factor analysis using a model of servant leadership attribute indicators of the Nursing Academic Institute administrators showed that the model fitted with the empirical data. The construct validity of the model was consistent with the empirical data, with a Chi-square (c2) goodness of fit test of 30.14; degrees of freedom (df) = 22, p-value = 0.114, Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 0.996, Goodness of Fit Index (GFI) = 0.971, Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index (AGFI) = 0.927 and Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (RMSEA) = 0.044