ERIC Number: ED644307
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 149
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ISBN: 979-8-4387-8653-5
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Servant Leadership and Teacher Attrition
Rochalle Ford
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, California Lutheran University
Annually, approximately 500,000 teachers resign or transfer from their positions (Boyd et al., 2009), negatively affecting academic achievement and resulting in substantial costs to school districts for hiring and training new teachers. This exodus is attributed to mental stress, adverse work conditions, and poor professional relationships. Servant leadership has been lauded for its focus on prioritizing the needs of others and its ability to positively affect both leader and follower by bringing them to a higher level of morality and motivation. Using Van Dierendonck and Nuijten's (2010) servant leadership survey, this quantitative study surveyed K-12 teachers, investigating the effect of servant leadership attributes on job satisfaction, intended school attrition, and positive organizational relationships. Linear regression showed that empowerment was a predictor of both job satisfaction and lowering attrition. Accountability, authenticity, and standing back predicted positive organizational relationships. Furthermore, administrators who exhibited empowerment, standing back, accountability, and less courage had the highest rate of job satisfaction. Administrators who demonstrated accountability, authenticity, and empowerment had less intended attrition. Lastly, administrators who displayed accountability, authenticity, standing back, and less courage have better organizational relationships. Findings support incorporating servant leadership concepts in university administrative training programs, as well as in-state requirements for administrative credentialing. Future research should focus on servant leadership attributes in the workplace. Operationalizing servant leadership constructs from a definitive list of characteristics would greatly assist with continued research and solidifying determinations. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Leadership Styles, Participative Decision Making, Empathy, Altruism, Ethics, Job Satisfaction, Intention, Faculty Mobility, Interpersonal Relationship, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Administrator Behavior
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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