The Relationship between Personality Type and the Servant Leadership Characteristic of Empowerment

Greasley, Paul E.; Bocârnea, Mihai C.

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.454

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“…Within this study of the discovery of servant leaders in NPOs when dealing with new followers, the leading application of the results of this research is in the conception that the primary adage of the servant leadership theory as stated by Greenleaf (1977) that a servant leader is a servant first (Greasley & Bocârnea, 2014;Liden et al, 2008;van Dierendonck, 2011) may not apply to all management settings. The greater meaning of this study as related to practice was that a new follower might have to be taught and trained to the level where they can be served.…”

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“…If the problem of clarity addressed in this research about the initial first steps of the servant leadership theory is not settled and clarified for all management situations (Parris & Peachey, 2013b), then the proper treatment of new followers (Hoption, 2014) using servant leadership may be diminished. This is particularly true with regard to the theoretical understanding of servant leader empowerment (Greasley & Bocârnea, 2014;Sun, 2013;van Dierendonck, 2011) (Schneider & George, 2011), and large organizations but not the church or pastors (Parris & Peachey, 2013b;Watt, 2014). Pastors are trained in many aspects of the church management and may hold a sensitive and permanent position where they are aware knowledge about past actions is in their domain, and where they may have experiences that would be beneficial to share (Watt, 2014).…”

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“…Servant leadership theory application has been empirically tested in many types of organizations (van Dierendonck, 2011) to show effectiveness in numerous contexts dealing with followers (Alvesson & Blom, 2015;Hoption, 2014) to include empowerment (Schneider & George, 2011;Van Winkle et al, 2014). This is in regard to the theoretical understanding of servant leader empowerment (Greasley & Bocârnea, 2014;Sun, 2013;van Dierendonck, 2011) in all settings (Schneider & George, 2011;Van Winkle et al, 2014).…”

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“…Researchers of servant leadership have discerned the empowerment characteristic of servant leadership (Greasley & Bocârnea, 2014;van Dierendonck, 2011) among several other beneficial characteristics (Greenleaf, 1977;Spears, 2010;van Dierendonck, 2011). Leaders applying the servant leadership theory have been shown to induce positive outcomes in followers and organizations (Hunter et al, 2013) and to be effective in empowering followers in small businesses where the leader has legal authority (Van Winkle, Allen, De Vore, & Winston, 2014).…”

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Discovering Servant Leader Relations with New Followers in Nonprofit Organizations: Does a Servant Leader Always Serve First?

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McLaughlin²

2017

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This study focused on discovering servant leadership in the nonprofit organization (NPO) of the church with a concentration on new follower relations. The investigation was conducted as an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) so as to be able to capture the life experiences and identifications of the servant leaders in the church clergy. Servant leadership theory is a management model and practice for the business community including large organizations, such as Southwest Airlines, to small businesses and to NPOs, including the church. The problem is the lack of clarity on how clear servant leaders in NPOs cultivate relationships with new followers and empower them to develop a caring community while meeting the NPO's needs. The researchers investigated the experiences of servant leaders to receive and develop new follower relations in the NPO of the Christian Protestant church. The research revealed a potential lack of clarity and the need for specific research on new followers focused on the initial concept of servant leadership; the definition of a servant leader is a leader who serves first. The participants in this study were servant leader pastors from Christian churches in the Northern United States. Two research questions were developed to inquire, first, about how the participant's actions were received when they were new followers and secondly, to inquire about the participants' servant leader undertakings toward their new followers. The data were analyzed and superordinate themes were developed based on data provided by the interviews and the derived interlocking information produced. The resulting superordinate theme for research question one was "Commitment to the Growth of People." The superordinate themes for research question two were "Empowering and Developing People" and "Providing Direction." The results from the interviews and double hermeneutic analysis demonstrated that the servant leader participants taught new followers first and then, once the new follower attained a sufficient basic level of knowledge, were served by these servant leaders. Scholars highly regard the historical individual known as Jesus of Nazereth as one of the original servant leaders and his teachings to his disciples as prime examples of servant leadership guidelines. The generalizability of the research relates to any new follower who receives little to no screening in any organization, like the selected group of the NPO of the church, a secular NPO like the United Way, or a standard business which increases its workforce with little screening. The conclusions of this research study added to the extent information on servant leadership theory. This study can serve as a catalyst for future research regarding new followers using servant leadership.

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“…Her main focus is growth and empowerment of the students. The purpose of empowerment is to give people the responsibility and authority for decisions that affect them (Greasley, and Bocârnea, 2014). Her belief in empowerment of the students led her to spearhead the development of the intervention pyramid at its earliest inception.…”

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Positive support teams : interventions for students of poverty to improve attendance, test scores, and graduation rate in a rural Missouri high school

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Effects of an intervention system, Positive Support Teams, (PST) were examined in a case study using critical inquiry analysis. The case study analyzed the effect of the PST program on the attendance, End of Course Exam scores, and graduation rate of low-income students in a large rural high school in the Missouri. The test scores decreased for the cohort with access to PST compared to the cohort that did not have access to PST. Attendance improved for students with access to PST but not in a manner statistically significant. Graduation, however, did show a large increase from low-income students without access to PST to students with PST access. In future research, a series of graduating cohorts would show if any trend exists between the existence of the PST program and student outcomes.

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Building Teal Organizations with Servant Leadership?

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2018

Practicing Servant Leadership

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The Relationship between Personality Type and the Servant Leadership Characteristic of Empowerment

Cited by 23 publications

References 10 publications

Discovering Servant Leader Relations with New Followers in Nonprofit Organizations: Does a Servant Leader Always Serve First?

Discovering Servant Leader Relations with New Followers in Nonprofit Organizations: Does a Servant Leader Always Serve First?

Positive support teams : interventions for students of poverty to improve attendance, test scores, and graduation rate in a rural Missouri high school

Building Teal Organizations with Servant Leadership?

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