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Building Resilient Business Students: Faculty As Servant Leaders, Jason L. Eliot, Holly Osburn

Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the normal cadence of life. These disruptions affected students in higher education in many ways as well increasing the stress and anxiety levels of college students and having a considerable negative impact on their mental health. Business students were not exempt from the negative mental health impact of COVID-19.

Aware of the stress its students are experiencing, higher education can play a role in creating environments which support learning and the development of skills to rebound from that adversity. This is particularly true for business schools who are also monitoring how business itself is being affected …

The Effects Of Team Potency, Leader Communication Frequency, And Goal Clarity On The Relationship Between Servant Leadership And Team Performance: A Focus On The Fundraising Profession, Jill R. Carroll

Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice

Previous research has shown that the practice of servant leadership improves team performance in organizations; however, the specific reasons for this positive influence are still being investigated. This paper puts forth a conceptual model that considers the mediating effect of team potency and the moderating influences of leader communication frequency and clarity of team goals on the servant leadership-team performance relationship. Based on a review of the literature, four propositions regarding the positive influence of these variables on the servant leadership-team performance relationship are put forth. The importance of the servant leader-team performance relationship and the effects of the moderating …

Relationship Of Servant Leadership, Perceived Organizational Support, And Work-Family Conflict With Employee Well-Being, Bruce E. Winston

Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice

The focus of this study was to test for relationships between servant leadership, perceived organizational support, and work-family conflict on employee perception of well-being. Data collection from 132 males and 103 females occurred through Qualtrics data collection service. Servant leadership and work-family conflict showed low to medium positive correlation. Multiple hierarchical regression of the three independent variables and control variables of age and tenure with supervisor showed significance for gender, thus separate multiple hierarchical regressions were used to analyze females and males separately. A significant regression was found for males, but not for females. A qualitative study followed the quantitative …