This study aims to determine the dominant issues and challenges that have been raised regarding the impact of servant leadership (SL) on innovative behaviour (IB) in the publications from year 2017 until 2021. The extant empirical literature is inconclusive and highlights the need for further research into the role of SL in influencing IB. The Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases were searched to identify articles published in English. Using ATLAS, the goal of this systematic review is to pull together the research on how SL affects IB. A total of 22 peer-reviewed journal articles were identified with 42 codes characterising the impact of SL on IB, and grouped into 4 themes which are global forces, technology advancement, leadership style, and crisis challenges. This paper contributes to analysing the patterns and trends that can potentially foster and motivate IB among employees, leaders, teams, and organisations which can lay the foundation for future studies.