Servant Leadership Trends Impact on 21st Century Business - Information

Servant Leadership Trends Impact on 21st Century Business
Dr. Oris Guillaume
Shorter University, Rome, GA
Dr. Andrew Honeycutt
Shorter University, Rome, GA
Dr. Craig S. Cleveland
Saint Leo University, Duluth, GA
ABSTRACT
Servant Leadership (SL) has been in the forefront of business theory for the past decade and yet has
been slightly utilized to describe and analyze specific areas of the concerns of business today. This
study will attempt to apply the theories of Servant Leadership to the concerns of outsourcing, internetrelated business and the trends associated with the Baby Boomer generation.

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SERVANT LEADERSHIP: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF PRACTICES, EXPERIENCES, ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND BARRIERS - Information

SERVANT LEADERSHIP: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF PRACTICES,
EXPERIENCES, ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESSAND BARRIERS
Amy R. Savage-Austin, PhD
Oris Guillaume, DBA
International Journal of Business and Social Research (IJBSR), Volume -2, No.-4, August 2012

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This study gathered lived experiences of 15 organizational leaders who practice
the servant leadership philosophy, and explored how business leaders link their servant leadership
practices to their organization’s effectiveness. The qualitative responses obtained during this study
indicated that the perceived organizational barriers that prevent the servant leadership practices are
the organization’s culture, the fear of change, and the lack of knowledge regarding the servant
leadership philosophy.


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