Date of Award
8-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
College/School
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department/Program
Psychology
Thesis Sponsor/Dissertation Chair/Project Chair
Jennifer Bragger
Committee Member
Laura Lakusta
Committee Member
Daniel Simonet
Abstract
Previous studies have investigated the outcomes of servant leadership on the followers and organization. The present study investigated the outcomes of practicing servant leadership on the leader by identifying the relationships between servant leadership and emotional demand, stress, and well-being. Eighty-seven leaders completed a survey on their leadership behaviors, emotional labor, emotional intelligence, stress, and well-being. Two servant leadership scores were used to analyze the relationships. Multiple correlation analyses, linear regressions, and hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted and found partial support across all hypotheses. Overall trending patterns indicated servant leadership had a positive correlation with emotional labor, emotional intelligence, and stress, and a negative correlation with well-being. Results also indicated that emotional labor mediated the relationship between servant leadership and emotional intelligence, and between servant leadership and well-being. Servant leadership is beneficial to the organization, but can be negative to the leader’s health if suggested considerations are not incorporated.
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Recommended Citation
Yang, Laura, "Servant Leadership Relationship to Emotional Demands, Stress, and Well-Being of the Leader" (2021). Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 773.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/773