Servant Leadership (SL)
The idea of SL was first introduced by Greenleaf (1970). Greenleaf (1970) mentioned that “going beyond one’s self interest” as a core characteristic of SL. R. K. Greenleaf (1977) also mentioned that compare to other leadership styles where the ultimate goal is the wellbeing of the organization, a servant leader is genuinely concerned with serving followers. According to Patterson (2003) servant leaders signify those who lead an organization by focusing on their followers, such that the followers are the primary concern and the organizational concerns are peripheral. Patterson (2003) also mentioned that servant leaders lead and serve with a) altruism, b) empower followers, c) act with humility, d) exhibit love, e) lead with service, f) are trusting, and g) are visionary to their followers.
SL encourages everyone to balance leading and serving within their own lives (L. Spears, 1996). SL is both an attitude and a leadership style. Page and Wong (2000) mentioned that SL is an attitude toward the responsibility of leadership as much as it is a style of leadership.
It gives emphasis on empowering employees, taking initiative for their development and growth, ensure well participation, and wellbeing as mean of accomplishing tasks and goal for the common good.