Servant leadership and job satisfaction in the University of Iceland
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...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.hi.is:article/1604 2023-05-15T16:45:07+02:00 Servant leadership and job satisfaction in the University of Iceland Þjónandi forysta og starfsánægja í Háskóla Íslands Guðjónsson, Guðjón Ingi Gunnarsdóttir, Sigrún 2014-12-15 application/pdf http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2014.10.2.15 https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2014.10.2.15 isl ice Stjórnsýslustofnun http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2014.10.2.15/pdf http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2014.10.2.15 doi:10.13177/irpa.a.2014.10.2.15 Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration; Árg. 10, Nr 2 (2014); 499-522 Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla; Árg. 10, Nr 2 (2014); 499-522 1670-679X 1670-6803 Servant leadership university University of Iceland job satisfacation Þjónandi forysta háskólar Háskóli Íslands starfsánægja info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2014 fticelandunivojs https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2014.10.2.15 2022-09-21T13:39:24Z 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 university. Prior research indicates the value of servant leadership for universities’ performance. The purpose of the study was to assess servant leadership in the University of Iceland and its correlation with staff job satisfaction using a new Dutch instrument (SLS) measuring participants’ attitudes to their next superior. A single item job satisfaction question was included. Results showed considerable practice of servant leadership or 4,19 (scale: 1-6) and the strongest servant leadership characteristic was stewardship, followed by forgiveness and empowerment. 82,6% of participants reported job satisfaction with significant positive correlation with servant leadership. The relatively high degree of servant leadership supports previous study of the uiniversity’s working environment but not recent American studies indicating universities’ a low degree of servant leadership. The degree of servant leadership in the University of Iceland was lower compared to grammar schools (6,46) and general hospital wards (4,33) but identical to hospital emergency care units (4,19). Significant positive correlation of servant leadership with job satisfaction, confirms similar relationships in US universities and in various institutions in Iceland. Results indicate the importance of servant leadership for employees’ job satisfaction, not least empowerment and courage, and this has the potential to support peer management, employee independence and social responsibility of the University of Iceland. Þjónandi forysta er hugmyndafræði samskipta og forystu þar sem valddreifing, athafnafrelsi starfsfólks, gagnkvæm virðing og skyldurækni við samfélagið eru meginþemu ásamt traustri leiðsögn. Þjónandi forysta getur átt vel við í ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Háskóli Íslands ENVELOPE(-21.949,-21.949,64.141,64.141) Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 10 2 499 |
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Servant leadership university University of Iceland job satisfacation Þjónandi forysta háskólar Háskóli Íslands starfsánægja Guðjónsson, Guðjón Ingi Gunnarsdóttir, Sigrún Servant leadership and job satisfaction in the University of Iceland |
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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 university. Prior research indicates the value of servant leadership for universities’ performance. The purpose of the study was to assess servant leadership in the University of Iceland and its correlation with staff job satisfaction using a new Dutch instrument (SLS) measuring participants’ attitudes to their next superior. A single item job satisfaction question was included. Results showed considerable practice of servant leadership or 4,19 (scale: 1-6) and the strongest servant leadership characteristic was stewardship, followed by forgiveness and empowerment. 82,6% of participants reported job satisfaction with significant positive correlation with servant leadership. The relatively high degree of servant leadership supports previous study of the uiniversity’s working environment but not recent American studies indicating universities’ a low degree of servant leadership. The degree of servant leadership in the University of Iceland was lower compared to grammar schools (6,46) and general hospital wards (4,33) but identical to hospital emergency care units (4,19). Significant positive correlation of servant leadership with job satisfaction, confirms similar relationships in US universities and in various institutions in Iceland. Results indicate the importance of servant leadership for employees’ job satisfaction, not least empowerment and courage, and this has the potential to support peer management, employee independence and social responsibility of the University of Iceland. Þjónandi forysta er hugmyndafræði samskipta og forystu þar sem valddreifing, athafnafrelsi starfsfólks, gagnkvæm virðing og skyldurækni við samfélagið eru meginþemu ásamt traustri leiðsögn. Þjónandi forysta getur átt vel við í ... |
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