Organization and Strategy Seminar（2018-03）

Topic: Refining our Understanding of the Relationships between Servant Leadership and Outcomes

Speaker: Robert C. Liden,University of Illinois at Chicago

Time: Friday, 06 July, 10:00-11:30 am

Location: Room 111, Guanghua Building 2

Abstract：

Following a brief introduction to servant leadership, unique among leadership approaches for its focus on bringing out the full potential in followers, four studies (one published and three in progress) on servant leadership will be presented. Two cross-sectional and two time-lagged investigations were conducted in field settings located in the United States, China, and Singapore, with samples representing a wide range of private and public sector organizations. Results revealed that servant leadership: promotes a serving culture; leads to follower gratitude; can overcome follower self-interest, and trickles down from upper level leaders to lower level leaders. The presentation will conclude with some points on teaching and practicing servant leadership.

Introduction:

Robert C. Liden (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati) is Professor of Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), where he is also Associate Dean of College of Business Doctoral Programs. He has served as a visiting professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Université Toulouse 1, France, the Université Paris-Dauphine, France, and the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research focuses on interpersonal processes as they relate to such topics as leadership, groups, and career progression. He has over 100 publications, which have been cited over 37,000 times according to Google Scholar. Professor Liden is a fellow of both the Academy of Management and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). He won awards for the best article published in theAcademy of Management Journalduring 2001 with Scott Seibert and Maria Kraimer; the best article published inHuman Resource Managementduring 2001 with Sandy Wayne and Maria Kraimer; the best organizational behavior article published in any journal during 2005 (with Ray Sparrowe) by the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management; the 2017 award for the best paper published in theJournal of Managementduring 2012 with Jim Dulebohn, Bill Bommer, Robyn Brouer, and Jerry Ferris; and the 2018Leadership QuarterlyDecennial Article Influence Award for the most influential paper published inLeadership Quarterlyduring 2008 with Sandy Wayne, Hao Zhao, and David Henderson. In 2014 he won the Thomas A. Mahoney Mentoring Award for work with doctoral students sponsored by the Human Resource Management Division of the Academy of Management, and in 2015 he won the Academy of Management’s Network of Leadership Scholars “Eminent Leadership Scholar Award”.In 2016 Professor Liden was named a University of Illinois “University Scholar,” the first UIC Management professor to receive this honor since 1986. Professor Liden is currently serving on the editorial boards of theJournal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management,Leadership Quarterly, andPersonnel Psychology. He was the 1999 Program Chair and 2000-01 Division Chair for the Academy of Management’s Organizational Behavior Division.

//business.uic.edu/faculty/robert-c-liden

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