7 Servant Leader review articles

Review of Articles Pertaining to Servant Leadership in Higher Education

I searched for articles pertaining to my research in the ProQuest database . I used a variety of search techniques including exact phrase ( servant leadership ' higher education , truncation (servant leader and operators ( servant leader and higher education Additionally , I refined my search by limiting the results to scholarly journals

Polleys , M .S (2002 . One University 's Response to the Anti-Leadership Vaccine : Developing

Servant Leaders . Journal of Leadership Studies , 8 (3 , 117-130 Retrieved July 8 , 2009 from ProQuest

Polleys begins her article

by noting that colleges and universities while doing an excellent job producing technical specialists and intellectuals , have not made educating leaders a priority . One exception to this trend is Columbus State University 's CSU Servant Leadership program , a program that focuses on collaboration between businesses university students , and at-risk youth . Polleys provides details on the structure of the program (application process , academic requirements students ' dual roles as mentors to at-risk youth and mentees to community business leaders ) and how it has benefited the participants and the larger community

This article is relevant to my research project in that it provides detailed information about a program that utilizes servant leadership principles in higher education . Background research presented in this article is also valuable to my own research in that Polley supplies information about the basic characteristics of servant leaders (listening , empathy , healing , awareness , persuasion , conceptualization foresight , stewardship , commitment to the growth of people , and building community (p . 120 ) and demonstrates...