Servant leadership and job satisfaction in the University of Iceland

• Published in: Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
• Main Authors: Guðjónsson, Guðjón Ingi, Gunnarsdóttir, Sigrún
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Stjórnsýslustofnun 2014
• Subjects: Servant leadership; university; University of Iceland; job satisfacation; Þjónandi forysta; háskólar; Háskóli Íslands; starfsánægja; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2014.10.2.15; https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2014.10.2.15

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...