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Servant Leadership: Setting the Stage for Empirical Research
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Executive Summary Servant Leadership received attention in the popular press, but little empirical research exists to support the theory or the anecdotal evidence used in the popular press material. The authors of this paper present a model of servant leadership based on the variables of vision, influence, credibility, trust, and service identified in the academic and popular press literature. Other researchers are encouraged to engage in the empirical research activities required to advance this stream of literature to its next phase of maturation.
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- Authors
- Farling, M. L., Stone, A. G., & Winston, B. E.
- Venue
- Journal of Leadership Studies
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1999-07
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 49-72
- ISSN
- 1071-7919 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2158333470
- Cited by
- 448
- References
- 60
- FWCI
- 5.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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