SERVANT LEADERSHIP: A TAXONOMIC APPROACH TOWARDS SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

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Volume 15 Issue 1 2019

Author(s):

Muhammad Azeem Qureshi
Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Senior Lecturer, Institute of Business Management.
azeem.qureshi.iobm@gmail.com

Abdur Rahman Aleemi
Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Senior Lecturer, Institute of Business Management.
abdurrahmanjan@gmail.com

Syed Irfan Hyder
Institute of Business Management.
dr.irfanhyder@gmail.com

Abstract The connection between inferior leadership and massive business meltdown and inadequacy of seasoned leadership models create an urge to seek leadership equipped with ethical behavior, concern for subordinates, all the stakeholders, and the society as a whole. This literature survey examines existing literature addressing servant leadership theory. Servant leadership theory has not yet been legitimized as a mainstream leadership theory therefore, it is worthy to examine its antecedents, outcomes, and different mediating and moderating mechanisms to have in-depth knowledge of servant leadership concepts and to understand how it differs from other mainstream leadership theories. This study analyzed the literature using a descriptive approach as proposed by Turnnidge & Côté (2016). The study has been carried out in three phases. The first phase is concerned with a screening of abstracts and citations related to the variable of interests, in the second phase, peer discussion was made to retain valuable literature and exclusion of literature which does not fall in set criterion. In the third phase, the full text of articles and relevant literature were reviewed which were potentially related to and are of interest. It was found that servant leadership is a different concept that is more comprehensive and predicts more positive outcomes than its predecessor leadership models. A systematic literature review provided detailed insight concerning servant leadership theory and its outcomes which led to the development of taxonomy which was further used to develop an integrated model of causal flow through mediating and moderating mechanisms and then was further refined to identify servant leadership interaction with different organization and behavioral variables. The findings of this research suggest the possible impact of servant leadership in power distant culture which is inconsistent in contemporary research and needs to be investigated for validation of servant leadership’s concept in third world countries.
Keywords Servant leadership, Job satisfaction, Organizational commitment
Year 2019
Volume 15
Issue 1
Type Research paper, manuscript, article
Recognized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, HEC
Category "Y"
Journal Name IBT Journal of Business Studies
Publisher Name ILMA University
Jel Classification J29, J49
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.46745/ilma.jbs.2019.15.01.18
ISSN no (E, Electronic) 2409-6520
ISSN no (P, Print) 2416-8393
Country Pakistan
City Karachi
Institution Type University
Journal Type Open Access
Type of Review Double Blind Peer Reviewed
Format PDF
Paper Link http://ibtjbs.ilmauniversity.edu.pk/journal/jbs/15.1/18.pdf
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