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Exploring Servant Leadership In A Top-Down Environment, Roosevelt Mareus, Kathleen Patterson, Steve Firestone, Bruce E. Winston Jul 2019

Exploring Servant Leadership In A Top-Down Environment, Roosevelt Mareus, Kathleen Patterson, Steve Firestone, Bruce E. Winston

Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice

This study used both Greenleaf's (1977) theory of servant leadership and Spears’s (1995) ten characteristics of servant leadership to explore the concept in a top-down environment. The study proposed to answer the research question: To what extent, if any, is a mayor of a metropolitan area in the Northeast region of the USA displaying at work the ten characteristics of servant leadership as defined by Spears? This study used an exploratory single-case study design and purposeful sampling techniques. The methodology consisted of in-depth, semistructured, open-ended interview with leaders from the community and employees from each of the various departments throughout …


Fire & Emergency Services Perceptions Of Servant Leadership And Job Satisfaction, Christian Lindquist Jr, Eric Russell Jul 2019

Fire & Emergency Services Perceptions Of Servant Leadership And Job Satisfaction, Christian Lindquist Jr, Eric Russell

Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice

This quantitative correlational research study examined if a relationship existed between perceived servant leadership behaviors of fire and emergency service leaders and employee job satisfaction in fire and emergency services personnel. The study involved n= 205 participants who completed the Organizational Leadership Assessment and the data were analyzed using Spearman’s correlation. The results showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between servant leadership and employee job satisfaction in fire and emergency services personnel.


Servant As Leader: The Effects Of Servant-Leaders On Trust, Job Satisfaction, And Turnover Intentions In Intercollegiate Athletics, Rebecca M. Achen, Regan Dodd, Angela Lumpkin, Kris Plunkett Jul 2019

Servant As Leader: The Effects Of Servant-Leaders On Trust, Job Satisfaction, And Turnover Intentions In Intercollegiate Athletics, Rebecca M. Achen, Regan Dodd, Angela Lumpkin, Kris Plunkett

Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice

This study examined the possible influence of servant leadership in NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletics. Using a survey research design, 326 athletic department employees were asked to provide their perceptions of their athletic directors’ servant leadership characteristics and respond to questions on trust in leader, turnover intentions, and job satisfaction. Results from structural equation modeling suggested servant-leaders significantly and positively impacted perceptions of trust in leader and job satisfaction. Additionally, there was a significant effect of perceptions of servant leadership on turnover intentions as mediated by job satisfaction. Sport leaders taking a servant leadership approach in their organizations could help …


Introduction 6(1), Kevin Hurt Jul 2019

Introduction 6(1), Kevin Hurt

Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice

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