Servant-Leadership

Research Paper # 53303

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Servant-Leadership

A look at servant-leadership and its relationship to other managerial leadership theories.

4,437 words () | 32 sources | APA | 2002 United States

Paper Summary:

The idea of servant-leadership is not new, and it shares components of ideology that are part of many other current leadership theories. This paper focuses on Robert K. Greenleaf's idea of servant-leadership and its relationship with other leadership theories. It explains how the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership is now the leading promoter of Greenleaf's idea.

From the Paper:

"Greenleaf's social experience sparked what would become his legacy. During the 1960s, in an attempt to understand why so many young Americans were in rebellion against their country Greenleaf began to explore the idea of serving. Greenleaf, a Quaker, began writing and at the age of 66 published his first work, The Servant as Leader (Spears, 1996, p. 33). It was in this work that he coined the term servant-leadership (Spears, 2002, p. 3). Greenleaf did not originate the concept of servant-leadership, but he did coin the term (Beazley and Beggs, 2002, p. 56) and his influence in promoting the field has helped make it his legacy."