Servant leadership and career success: the effects of career skills and proactive personality

Wang, Zhen; Yu, Kun; Xi, Ruobing; Zhang, Xiaodan

doi:10.1108/cdi-03-2019-0088

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“…Indeed, recent well-being literature suggests a close link between pro-activity and SWB. Wang et al (2019) show pro-active personality is positively related to life satisfaction in general. Jawahar and Liu (2017) also find that pro-active people are more satisfied with their jobs, career, and life in general (c.f., Prabhu, 2007;Li et al, 2010).…”

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Life Satisfaction, Pro-Activity and Employment

Akay

Karabulut

Yılmaz

2021

Singapore Econ. Rev.

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Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper investigates how pro-active time-use (e.g., in sports/arts/socializing) relates to subjective well-being of the unemployed and their probability of finding a new job. Allowing for a variety of socio-demographic and -economic observed characteristics, we find that pro-activity is negatively associated with the well-being loss upon unemployment. That is, the negative unemployment shock on their well-being is mitigated through various stress-reducing activities including, in particular, art participation, socializing, going on trips and visiting a church. We also find that the probability of returning to the labor market later is positively associated with pro-activity during the unemployment period. The results are robust to various checks including estimators, measures and individual personality characteristics which can correlate with time-use activities.

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Life Satisfaction, Pro-Activity and Employment

Akay

Karabulut

Yılmaz

2021

Singapore Econ. Rev.

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“…The review is based on “Servant leadership and career success: the effects of career skills and proactive personality” by Wang et al . (2019), published in “Career Development International.” This research paper explores the link between servant leadership and the subjective career success of employee followers.…”

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“…Ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu summarized his advice on effective leadership in the pithy phrase, “to lead people, walk behind them.” A research paper by Wang et al . (2019) concentrates on how servant leadership within an organization impacts the subjective career success of an employee who follows that leader.…”

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Unlocking the magic of servant leadership on followers’ career success

2020

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Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper explores the link between servant leadership and the subjective career success of employee followers. The paper’s results reveal that servant leadership enhances the career skills of followers, and that these career skills boost their level of career success. This effect becomes even more pronounced when the individual follower has a highly proactive personality in comparison to a follower with a lower level of proactive personality. When a follower’s level of proactive personality is high, career skills had a stronger influence on the positive relationships between career satisfaction and servant leadership, and between perceived employability and servant leadership. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

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“…This will encourage graduates to further develop other skills and capabilities to facilitate their transition into early career in the hotel. However, there has been an increase interest in validating the involvement of HEI in developing skills and competencies of graduates towards their early career in the hotel (Chang & Busser, 2020;Gebbels et al, 2020;Wang et al, 2019). Recent studies indicated that the increase was mainly attributed by fresh graduates' lack of commitment, competence and personality (Haldorai et al, 2019;Han, 2020;Wang et al, 2019).…”

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Hospitality Fresh Graduates’ Competency and Hotel Job Offer Decisions

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Hannan³

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Fresh graduates are the future generation that will keep the hotel industry regain its ground in this uncertain pandemic era. Hotels need to recruit prospective employees with desired skills set which could increase their performance in delivering the best service to their guest. This study was conducted to help fresh graduates to see what is the element of competency that hotels look into in deciding to hire a new employee. The elements of competency which are communication, cognitive, leadership, problem-solving, and human relation was examined to identify their effects the hotel job offer decisions in Malaysia. Data required for this study was collected through self-administered questionnaires to 205 hotel human resources (HR) managers and personnel involved in selecting and recruiting employees. The data gathered were analysed using SPSS statistical tool, and was found that all elements of competency were positively related to HR's job offer decisions. The study highlights the element of problem-solving skills as the important element of competency that HR managers expects from fresh graduates.

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Servant leadership and career success: the effects of career skills and proactive personality

Cited by 44 publications

References 53 publications

Life Satisfaction, Pro-Activity and Employment

Life Satisfaction, Pro-Activity and Employment

Unlocking the magic of servant leadership on followers’ career success

Hospitality Fresh Graduates’ Competency and Hotel Job Offer Decisions

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