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Servant leadership theory puts a strong emphasis on leading by serving followers that is unique among leadership approaches and explicitly posits that organizational performance is a by-product of employees’ well-being. However, the empirical literature has only begun to explore the link between servant leadership and well-being, and our understanding of this relationship remains underdeveloped. The current chapter seeks to provide an overview of theory and empirical evidence on servant leadership and well-being, addressing the two following questions: (a) what do we know about the relationship(s) between servant leadership and well-being and (b) what theoretical mechanisms are used by researchers to explain these relationships? Based on a qualitative state of the science review addressing these two questions, challenges and opportunities for future research are discussed.
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Bentein, K., Panaccio, A. (2022). Servant Leadership. In: Brough, P., Gardiner, E., Daniels, K. (eds) Handbook on Management and Employment Practices. Handbook Series in Occupational Health Sciences, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29010-8_43
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