Service before Self: Towards a Theory of Servant-Leadership

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A Systematic Literature Review of Servant Leadership Theory in Organizational Contexts (2012, methodology): “Procedural justice fosters trust in the servant leader and in the servant-led organization (Joseph and Winston 2005; Reinke 2004; Sendjaya and Pekerti 2010; Washington et al. 2006).”
Impact of Servant Leadership on Performance: The Mediating Role of Affective and Cognitive Trust (2020, background): “A servant leader’s role is like a steward who holds the organization in trust (Reinke, 2004).”
Servant Leadership: A Review and Synthesis (2011, background): “Greenleaf goes one step further and makes this need to serve the key to good leadership; it leads to a commitment to the growth of individual employees, the survival of the organization, and a responsibility to the community (Reinke, 2004).”
The Servant Leadership Survey: Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure (2010, background): “In addition, and more explicitly than in any other leadership theory, servant leadership theory places the leader in the role of a steward who holds the organization in trust (Reinke 2004).”
Servant Versus Authentic Leadership (2017, background): “Several studies demonstrate the positive effect of servant and authentic leadership on a follower’s trust in a leader (Clapp-Smith et al., 2009; Joseph & Winston, 2005; Reinke, 2004; Russell & Stone, 2002).”