Servant Leadership in a Nordic Healthcare Organization

Katja Halonen and Elina Riivari ()
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Katja Halonen: Enfo Oyj
Elina Riivari: University of Jyväskylä

Chapter 49 in The Palgrave Handbook of Servant Leadership, 2023, pp 1181-1206 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this chapter is to deepen the understanding of employees’ perceptions of servant leadership (SL) in the context of healthcare organizations. The empirical findings are based on the analysis of qualitative data collected in a Nordic healthcare organization that supports SL. Based on theory-driven content analysis, perceptions of SL were evaluated based on Spears’ definition of SL, which this chapter supports and develops. The findings show that SL seems to be a suitable approach for leadership in a healthcare organization. Its ethical and human-centered values especially seem to fit the context of healthcare.

Keywords: Servant leadership; Supervisors; Healthcare organization; Nordic countries; Content analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-01323-2_72

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