Servant leadership and academics’ engagement in higher education: mediation analysis

Aboramadan, Mohammed; Dahleez, Khalid Abed; Hamad, Mohammed H.

doi:10.1080/1360080x.2020.1774036

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“…Specifically, our finding with respect to servant leadership's contribution to job satisfaction is in line with that of Neubert et al (2016) and Yavas et al (2015). Regarding servant leadership's impact on work motivation, our findings are similar to those of Aboramadan et al (2020) and Barbuto and Wheeler (2006). Further, in terms of the relationship between job satisfaction and work motivation, our findings are consistent with those of Sledge et al (2008) and Aldaihani (2019).…”

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Faculty Members in Polytechnics to Serve the Community and Industry: Conceptual Skills and Creating Value for the Community—The Two Main Drivers

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Servant leadership has been proposed as a highly relevant approach to leadership in the higher education context. However, little is known about its contribution to desirable organizational outcomes in academic settings, and even less is known about the role that servant leadership’s multidimensionality plays. Consequently, our study aims to investigate the impact of servant leadership’s two dimensions (creating value for the community and conceptual skills) on academics’ job satisfaction and work motivation. Specifically, we focus on polytechnics due to their significant contribution to the community and industry in developing economies. We applied partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze the data collected from 228 academics affiliated with Malaysian polytechnics. Our analysis shows that both dimensions of servant leadership are relevant predictors of academics’ job satisfaction and work motivation. In addition, while a robustness check confirms the linearity between the variables in our model, the model exhibits a high out-of-sample predictive power, thereby making assumptions about the model relationships’ generalizability feasible. We also identified job satisfaction as the most important area of improvement that managerial activities should address.

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Faculty Members in Polytechnics to Serve the Community and Industry: Conceptual Skills and Creating Value for the Community—The Two Main Drivers

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“…Such a holistic nature of servant leadership makes it comparatively more suitable for ensuring employee engagement working in knowledge economy. In response to these emerging changes, researchers have studied the role of servant leadership in affecting the work engagement of employees (Aboramadan et al , 2020; Kaya and Karatepe, 2020). Along with empirically testing the usefulness of servant leadership to ensure employees' work engagement, studies have been conducted to understand the mediating mechanism linking servant leadership and work engagement.…”

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“…Some of the mediators studied so far are; intrinsic job motivation, psychological ownership and person-job fit (Aboramadan et al , 2020); leader-member exchange (LMX) and pro-social motivation (Bao et al , 2018). One of the promising link mechanisms between the two is the meaning employees assign to their work which has not been studied yet.…”

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My meaning is my engagement: exploring the mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement

Khan

Mubarik

Ahmed

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PurposeThe purpose of the study is to ascertain the mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement. The study also explores the relationship between servant leadership and work engagement.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 704 service sector employees working in Pakistan through survey design. The data analysis was done through structural equation modeling using PLS-Smart and hierarchical regression using SPSS.FindingsThe results revealed that servant leadership was related to meaning and work engagement. Moreover, meaning was found to be related to work engagement. Finally, meaning was found to mediate the relationship between servant leadership and work engagement.Originality/valueThe research has ascertained the previously unexplored mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement.

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“…In an effort to bridge this gap in the literature, researchers started building on the relationship between SL and attitudinal work variables such as organizational commitment (Aboramadan et al , 2020a, 2020b; Dahleez and Ghali, 2018; Keith, 2015; Liden et al , 2014b; Pierro et al , 2013; VanMeter et al , 2016). Further, Jackson et al (2013), in a meta-analysis, stressed that organizational commitment is one of the most significant outcomes of effective leadership practices.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, the SL literature has been scant in higher education (Aboramadan et al , 2020b). Yukl (2017) has highlighted the potential role of SL in influencing positive work-related outcomes in higher education institutions.…”

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Servant leadership and affective commitment: the role of psychological ownership and person–organization fit

Dahleez

Aboramadan

Bansal

2020

IJOA

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Purpose Building on social exchange theory, this study aims to propose a research model to examine the relationship between servant leadership (SL) and employee affective commitment (AC) where psychological ownership (PO) and person–organization fit are theorized to play a mediating role. Design/methodology/approach The study used quantitative research methods with a deductive approach to examine the proposed relationships and the underlying mechanisms. Data were collected from 346 employees working at higher education sector in Palestine. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings The results reveal a significant mediating role of PO and person – organization (P-O) fit in explaining the relationship between SL and employee AC. Results indicate that the service orientation and humble attitude of servant leaders toward employees help employees develop a sense of ownership, leading to a better fit with organizational values and thus to a more committed workforce. Practical implications The results of this study may be useful for managers working in higher education in a non-Western context who are considering using SL behaviors to improve outcomes. Originality/value The study advances SL research currently in its early stages (Zhang et al., 2019). Moreover, it increases understanding of the mediating roles played by PO and P-O fit.

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Servant leadership and academics’ engagement in higher education: mediation analysis

Cited by 42 publications

References 65 publications

Faculty Members in Polytechnics to Serve the Community and Industry: Conceptual Skills and Creating Value for the Community—The Two Main Drivers

Faculty Members in Polytechnics to Serve the Community and Industry: Conceptual Skills and Creating Value for the Community—The Two Main Drivers

My meaning is my engagement: exploring the mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement

Servant leadership and affective commitment: the role of psychological ownership and person–organization fit

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