Servant leadership and job satisfaction in the University of Iceland

• Published in: Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
• Main Authors: Guðjón Ingi Guðjónsson, Sigrún Gunnarsdóttir
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Icelandic
• Published: University of Iceland 2014
• Subjects: Þjónandi forysta; háskólar; Háskóli Íslands; starfsánægja; Political institutions and public administration (General); JF20-2112; Political science (General); JA1-92; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2014.10.2.15; https://doaj.org/article/eac87180c68843188e40caa14fd56d7d

Servant leadership is a philosophy of communication and leadership whith focus on decentralization, autonomy, mutual respect and commitment to society. In light of universities’ important societal role and importance of equality of academic staff it is presumed that servant leadership suits a univer...