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International Journal of Psychology and Cognitive Science  
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The Existence of Servant Leadership: Evidence from Modern Church Organisations
International Journal of Psychology and Cognitive Science
Vol.5 , No. 2, Publication Date: May 30, 2019, Page: 109-115
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Authors
 
[1]    

Washington Machokoto, Department of Education, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom.

 
Abstract
 

Servant Leadership is a theory that lacks practice in most organisations. Evidence from modern church organisations suggests that Servant Leadership is difficult to practice, even though Greenleaf suggested that leaders should be servants first before becoming leaders [11]. This research aimed to investigate the existence of Servant Leadership in practice. The study randomly collected data from 20 churches through YouTube and transcribed the videos before analysed the transcripts. The data represented modern churches across the World that preach and post their material on YouTube, and the representation of participants were two females and 18 males church leaders; this was because men widely occupy the profession. After data analysis, the outcome pointed out that church leaders say " me” word more often than either “Jesus” or followers (you). Also, the results say followers say “papa” (the leader) more frequent than “ Jesus”. These findings fit into a mediating model with independent (Jesus) and dependent (church followers), and church leaders being mediators. However, the focus on the model is solid towards church leaders than Jesus, yet Jesus remains unchanged. The modern churches' leaders have become a self, and the position taken by their followers drive this. Despite the limitations that include choosing a sample online could have been biased, this investigation concludes that servant leadership is less evidence on practice despite the long history of the theory in the church. The researcher suggests more enquiry is needed in other sectors, to establish these findings.


Keywords
 

Servant Leadership, Greenleaf Theory, Church Organisations


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