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Servant Leadership

Developments in Theory and Research

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  • © 2010

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  1. Dirk van Dierendonck
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  2. Kathleen Patterson
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Positioning Servant Leadership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Servant Leadership

      • Dirk van Dierendonck, Kathleen Patterson
      Pages 3-10

    3. Servant Leadership and Robert K. Greenleaf’s Legacy

      • Larry C. Spears
      Pages 11-24

    4. Opportunities and Tensions of Servant Leadership

      • Stephen Prosser
      Pages 25-38

    5. Demystifying Servant Leadership

      • Sen Sendjaya
      Pages 39-51

  3. Becoming the Servant-Leader

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. A Modest History of the Concept of Service as Leadership in Four Religious Traditions

      • Corné J. Bekker
      Pages 55-66

    3. Servant Leadership and Love

      • Kathleen Patterson
      Pages 67-76

    4. Consciousness, Forgiveness and Gratitude

      • Shann Ray Ferch
      Pages 77-89

    5. Motivation to Serve

      • Kok-Yee Ng, Christine S.-K. Koh
      Pages 90-101

  4. Building a Servant Leadership Culture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. The Servant Organization

      • Jim Laub
      Pages 105-117

    3. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Servant Leadership

      • Justin A. Irving
      Pages 118-129

    4. Servant Leadership Learning Communities®

      • Ann McGee-Cooper, Duane Trammell
      Pages 130-144

  5. Servant-Leaders’ Influence on Followers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Servant Leadership and Follower Need Satisfaction

      • David M. Mayer
      Pages 147-154

    3. Enhancing Innovation and Creativity through Servant Leadership

      • Dirk van Dierendonck, Laurens Rook
      Pages 155-165

  6. Studying Servant Leadership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Servant Leadership Theory

      • Robert S. Dennis, Linda Kinzler-Norheim, Mihai Bocarnea
      Pages 169-179
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About this book

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.

About the authors

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

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