The Role of Servant Leaders in Sustainable Development

Divya Tripathi (), Swati Tripathi and Pushpendra Priyadarshi ()
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Divya Tripathi: Indian Institute of Management Amritsar
Swati Tripathi: University of Delhi
Pushpendra Priyadarshi: Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

Chapter 15 in The Palgrave Handbook of Servant Leadership, 2023, pp 349-372 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The concept of sustainable development focuses on meeting the intersecting environmental, economic, and social needs. Due to the complexity and multifaceted nature of sustainability management, organizations have to mobilize resources and capabilities to deal with the scale and scope of such goals. This chapter examines the drivers of sustainability and focuses on macro- and micro-orientations that influence the performance of the organizations in achieving the sustainability goals. The focus is on how the servant leadership style can be an essential driving mechanism for sustainability goals. The chapter underlines various characteristics of the servant leadership style that makes it one of the finest styles to deal with sustainability issues. Furthermore, it elaborates how servant leaders help generate individual and organizational capabilities that can drive the organization toward the goal of sustainable development.

Keywords: Sustainable development; Servant leadership; Leadership; Individual capabilities; Organizational capabilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-01323-2_21

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