Servant leadership in Italy and its relation to organizational variables
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12883111 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea Bobbio (0000-0002-3729-4773, University of Padua, corresponding author), Dirk Van Dierendonck (0000-0002-3545-1798, Erasmus University Rotterdam), Anna Maria Manganelli (0000-0002-2206-6655, University of Padua) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 229-243 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leadership (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1742-7150 • E-ISSN: 1742-7169 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1742715012441176 |
| OpenAlex | W1981687278 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 21 |
This paper aimed to investigate three issues. First, the validation of the multi-dimensional Servant Leadership Survey (SLS) within the Italian context. Second, to enhance insight into the degree of servant leadership behaviour displayed by Italian leaders in organizational settings. Third, to support the fact that in Italy, too, servant leadership is positively correlated to leadership integrity, organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour while it is negatively correlated to cynicism towards one’s own work. A sample of about 800 adults, males and females, currently employed in profit and non-profit organizations, took part in the study. The factorial structure of SLS found support, and the survey showed satisfactory psychometric properties and reliability. Servant leadership expressed by Italian leaders turned out to be lower than in The Netherlands and in the UK. SLS scores were positively associated with leadership integrity, organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour, and negatively associated for cynicism
Cynicism · Management · Organizational citizenship behavior · Organizational commitment · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Servant leadership · Transactional leadership · Cultural Differences and Values · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
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Organizational citizenship behavior and the quantity and quality of work group performance.
Method variance as an artifact in self-reported affect and perceptions at work
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Measures of multivariate skewness and kurtosis with applications
Transformational versus servant leadership
A three-component conceptualization of organizational commitment
Towards a chequebook democracy? Business, parties and the funding of politics in Italy and the United States
The positive group affect spiral
Conflicts of interest and media pluralism in Italian broadcasting
Government under Berlusconi
Quantitative methods in cross-national management research
| Citations per year | 0.63 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |