Servant leadership and positive organizational behaviour

The road ahead to reduce employees’ turnover intentions

Bibliographic Data

ID12428346
AuthorsSumedha Dutta (0000-0001-5924-1026, IMS Unison University, corresponding author), Puja Khatri (0000-0002-3154-0865, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University)
Year2017
Volume25
Issue1
Pages60-82
Publication date2017-02-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOn the Horizon The International Journal of Learning Futures (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1074-8121 • E-ISSN: 2054-1708
PublisherEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/oth-06-2016-0029
OpenAlexW2586049607
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited65

Purpose Over time, interest in servant leadership has increased manifold both in academic research and the popular press. These rampant developments have set the stage for addressing the worthiness of servant leadership’s theory. Empirical studies undertaken by numerous scholars (Farling et al. , 1999; Bass, 2000; Page and Wong, 2000; Russell and Stone, 2002; Sendjaya and Serros, 2002; Dennis and Winston, 2003; Smith et al. , 2004; Stone et al. , 2004; Dennis and Bocarnea, 2005; Humphreys, 2005) have surfaced significant findings supporting relevance of servant leadership in organizational context; however, an absence of universal definition and its measures impinges on this concept. Noticeably missing from research attention has been the effect of servant leadership in promoting positive organizational behaviour among organizational employees. Thus, this paper aims to explore the available literature on servant leadership with a view to establish a servant leader’s role in instilling and facilitating positive organizational behaviour in the workplace. Moreover, the purpose is also to determine whether the positive organizational behaviour inculcated among the employees through a servant leader helps in reducing their turnover intentions. Design/methodology/approach Using different keywords, relevant research papers on Google Scholar were selected. Also, several online databases like Emerald Management, Elseiver, EBSCO Host, etc., were accessed for conducting this exploratory study. Findings To examine the various convergent and divergent dimensions of the major constructs, numerous definitions and scholarly work of renowned practitioners have been collated through an extensive literature review. To put forth a comprehensive picture encompassing the noteworthy findings of the studies pertaining to the major construct, a tabular representation has been made. Originality/value This is the first study wherein the linkage about servant leadership and positive organizational behaviour in organizational context has been talked about. The paper carries value as the literature pertaining to servant leadership in published domain is still in its nascent stage. The repertoire of literature, presented here, will provide a clear direction to the future researchers who wish to pursue their study in this area

Context (archaeology · Economics · Leadership · Management · Organizational commitment · Political science · Public relations · Relevance (law · Servant leadership · Situational leadership theory · Sociology · Transactional leadership · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Law · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Spirituality and Leadership

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