International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Abstract
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. -Harvey Firestone The characteristics of a new style of leadership, servant-leadership, first described by Robert K. Greenleaf (1977), served as the framework for this study, with the specific focus being to determine the applicability of servant-leadership in the area of sport. Servant-leadership is an emerging leadership style that has gained momentum in a variety of organizational situations (Greenleaf, 1977). Leading authors on leadership and organizational management have discussed the positive effects of servant-leadership on employee satisfaction and organizational profits-authors such as Kenneth Blanchard, Peter Block, Steven Covey, Max DePree, Peter Drucker, M. Scott Peck, and Peter Senge (Spears, 1998). Successful businesses have increasingly used the principles of servant-leadership effectively to run their organizations; these include The Toro Company, Southwest Airlines, TDindustries, ServiceMaster, and Townsend & Bottum Family of Companies (Spears, 1998). Servant-leadership is also making an impact in the non-profit business sector, as well as in the field of education. Although not yet examined in sport, servant-leadership is thought to have a wide range of applicability in a variety of organizational settings (Horsman, 2001).
Recommended Citation
Westre, Kirk
(2008)
"Servant-Leadership in the Context of Sport,"
International Journal of Servant-Leadership: Vol. 4, Article 11.
DOI: 10.33972/ijsl.240
Available at:
https://repository.gonzaga.edu/ijsl/vol4/iss1/11
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