Unlocking the Mask: a Close Look at how Servant Leaders Influence People

Given the widespread use of servant leadership in organizations, the purpose of our study was to examine the relationship between servant leadership, creativity, feedback-seeking behavior, and affective climate. We hypothesized that servant leadership promotes creativity through encouraging employee...

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Published inCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 958 - 965
Main Authors Huang, Chuying, Qian, Jing, Jin, Zhuyun, Wang, Bin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.12.2018
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Creativity
Employees
Influence (Psychology)
Leadership
Psychological aspects
Psychological research
Psychology
Social Sciences
China
Feedback seeking
Servant leadership
Creativity
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Summary:Given the widespread use of servant leadership in organizations, the purpose of our study was to examine the relationship between servant leadership, creativity, feedback-seeking behavior, and affective climate. We hypothesized that servant leadership promotes creativity through encouraging employees’ feedback-seeking behavior. Additionally, affective climate can moderate the mediated relationship. Based on a sample of 388 full-time employees and their supervisors from a Chinese high-tech company, the results indicated that servant leadership can predict employees’ creativity, mediated by feedback seeking. The moderating effect of affective climate on the mediated relationship, however, was not supported in our sample.
ISSN:1046-1310
1936-4733
DOI:10.1007/s12144-017-9576-x