TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing Leaders to Serve and Servants to Lead
AU - Bragger, Jennifer D.
AU - Alonso, Nicole A.
AU - D’Ambrosio, Kayla
AU - Williams, Nikita
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - In this paper, we propose a model of how balanced and integrated development across spiritual, cognitive, social, emotional, and moral domains can result in a servant leader orientation for both those who are predisposed to serve but might not be leaders, and those who are leaders but might not be predisposed to serve. First, we review the benefits of servant leadership in today’s organizations and the commonly agreed upon dimensions of servant leadership. We then propose how balanced and integrated development can facilitate a transition to a servant-oriented style of leadership for both those that serve and those that lead. We discuss organizational barriers to servant leadership development, and how organizations can overcome these barriers by creating contexts in which such integrated vertical development can facilitate a cycle of servant leadership. Lastly, we make suggestions for how organizations’ human resource functions might develop servant leaders.
AB - In this paper, we propose a model of how balanced and integrated development across spiritual, cognitive, social, emotional, and moral domains can result in a servant leader orientation for both those who are predisposed to serve but might not be leaders, and those who are leaders but might not be predisposed to serve. First, we review the benefits of servant leadership in today’s organizations and the commonly agreed upon dimensions of servant leadership. We then propose how balanced and integrated development can facilitate a transition to a servant-oriented style of leadership for both those that serve and those that lead. We discuss organizational barriers to servant leadership development, and how organizations can overcome these barriers by creating contexts in which such integrated vertical development can facilitate a cycle of servant leadership. Lastly, we make suggestions for how organizations’ human resource functions might develop servant leaders.
KW - horizontal development
KW - leadership development
KW - servant leadership
KW - vertical development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097505839&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1534484320981198
DO - 10.1177/1534484320981198
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097505839
SN - 1534-4843
VL - 20
SP - 9
EP - 45
JO - Human Resource Development Review
JF - Human Resource Development Review
IS - 1
ER -