A correlational analysis of servant leadership and job satisfaction in a religious educational organization

The theory of servant leadership is gaining in credibility and support. The purpose of this mixed methods research study was to determine the extent that employee job satisfaction was correlated with perceptions of servant leadership in the Church Educational System (CES) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a large private religious education organization headquartered in the Rocky Mountain Region. The literature review of this research demonstrates the teachings and doctrines unique to the LDS Church that promote living in harmony with the principles of servant leadership. This quantitative portion of the study used the Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA) tool to discover a strong correlation exists between individual job satisfaction and perceptions of servant leadership. Given the high response rate from the participants of this study (78%), the results from this study may be applicable to other organizations.