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Servant-leadership may be the answer to the current demand for a more ethical, people-centred leadership where humility, servitude and contribution are key elements. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of current thinking and empirical research of the determinants, underlying processes and consequences of servant leadership.
List of contents
PART I: POSITIONING SERVANT LEADERSHIP Servant Leadership, an Introduction; D.van Dierendonck & K.Patterson Servant Leadership and Robert K. Greenleaf's Legacy; L.Spears Opportunities and Tensions of Servant Leadership; S.Prosser Demystifying Servant Leadership; S.Sendjaya PART II: BECOMING THE SERVANT-LEADER A Modest History of the Concept of Service as Leadership in Four Religious Traditions; C.J.Bekker Servant Leadership and Love; K.Patterson Consciousness, Forgiveness, and Gratitude: The Interior of the Servant-Leader; S.R.Ferch Motivation to Serve: Understanding the Heart of the Servant-Leader and Servant Leadership Behaviors; K.-Yee Ng & C.S-K Koh PART III: BUILDING A SERVANT LEADERSHIP CULTURE The Servant Organization; J.Laub A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Servant Leadership; J.A.Irving Servant Leadership Learning Communities: Incubators for Great Places to Work; A.McGee-Cooper & D.Trammell PART IV: SERVANT-LEADERS INFLUENCE ON FOLLOWERS Servant Leadership and Follower Need Satisfaction; D.M.Mayer Enhancing Innovation and Creativity through Servant Leadership; D.van Dierendonck & L.Rook PART V: STUDYING SERVANT LEADERSHIP The Servant Leadership Assessment Instrument: A Model-based Measurement Instrument; R.Dennis, L.Kinzler-Normhei & M.C.Bocarnea The Place for Qualitative Research Methods in the Study of Servant Leadership; B.E.Winston
About the author
CORNÉ BEKKER Associate Professor, Regent University, South Africa
MIHAI C. BOCARNEA Associate Professor, Regent University, South Africa
ROB DENNIS Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist, Veterans Administration Medical Centre, Ohio, USA
SHANN R. FERCH Professor of Leadership, Gonzaga University, Spokake, Washington, USA
JUSTIN A. IRVING Associate Academic Dean and Associate Professor, Bethel University, Minnesota, USA
LINDA KINZLER-NORMHEI Veterans Industries Coordinator, Veterans Administration Medical Centre, Ohio, USA
CHRISTINE KOH Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
JIM LAUB Dean of the MacArthur School of Leadership, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida, USA
DAVID M. MAYER Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, USA
ANN MCGEE-COOPER President, Ann McGee-Cooper& Associates, Inc. Dallas, Texas, USA
KOK-YEE NG Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
STEPHEN PROSSER Professor of Leadership and Organization Development, University of Glamorgan, UK
LAURENS ROOK Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
SEN SENDJAYA Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
LARRY C. SPEARS President& CEO, Spears Centre for Servant-Leadership, Indiana, USA
DUANNE TRAMMELL Executive Vice President, Ann McGee-Cooper& Associates, Inc. Dallas, Texas, USA
BRUCE WINSTON Dean of the School of Global Leadership& Entrepreneurship, Regent University, South Africa
Summary
Servant-leadership may be the answer to the current demand for a more ethical, people-centred leadership where humility, servitude and contribution are key elements. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of current thinking and empirical research of the determinants, underlying processes and consequences of servant leadership.
