Culture and Servant Leadership: The Impact of Situational Strength
Published: 2022
Author(s) Name: Shayani Sengupta |
Author(s) Affiliation: XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
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Abstract
The concept of servant leadership
has gathered significant attention
from leadership scholars. However,
since it is a non-conventional form
of leadership, some researchers
have expressed the concern that
followers in some cultures might
perceive such leaders to be ineffective.
This paper explores the
perceived effectiveness of a servant
leader in different cultures. Cultural
factors like power distance
and uncertainty avoidance act as
cues that determine the situational
strength in various social situations
like leader-follower interaction.
Drawi ng f rom t he si t uat ional
strength theory, mechanisms are
proposed to explain the perceived
effectiveness of a servant leader in
cultures with high and low power
distances and strong and weak
uncertainty avoidance. Managerial
implications have been discussed.
Keywords: N.A.
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