International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Abstract
Robert Greenleaf coined the term “servant leadership” with his insightful saying – “serve first, not lead” (Greenleaf, 1970). According to him, servant-leadership is a transformative process where the leaders seek to transform their followers to grow healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, and more likely to become servantleaders themselves (Greenleaf, 1977). James MacGregor Burns described transforming leadership as a process in which “one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another to high levels of motivation and morality” (as cited in Rachmawati & Lantu, 2014, p. 388), which is aligned with Greenleaf's definition of servant-leadership.
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Rahimi, Nasir Ahmad; Jafari, Esmatullah; Moradi, Hajar; Schellhammer, Barbara; and Rega, Isabella
(2025)
"A Study on Practical Examples of Servant-Leadership in Rural Areas of The Province of Herat, Afghanistan,"
International Journal of Servant-Leadership: Vol. 19, Article 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64749/2160-8172 & 2160-8164.1435
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https://repository.gonzaga.edu/ijsl/vol19/iss1/11
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