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Discovering The Self-Interest Of Servant Leadership: A Grounded Theory, R. Jeffery Maxfield
Discovering The Self-Interest Of Servant Leadership: A Grounded Theory, R. Jeffery Maxfield
R. Jeffery Maxfield
This qualitative study set forth to discover how senior level leaders from
multiple for-profit sectors perceived the benefits derived from serving the
needs of followers. The study emerged from a thorough review of the
literature and advances the knowledge of servant leadership philosophy
by identifying the benefits to being a servant leader. The study involved
14 participants who were willing to anonymously complete the
questionnaire developed by the researchers. To discover how different
leaders perceived the benefits from serving followers, the researchers
employed a grounded theory design, allowing for a rich understanding of
the participants’ interpretations. The coding and data …