Servant Leadership
Chapter from the book: Oktaysoy, O. & Elkırmış, Ö. (eds.) 2025. Beyond Authority: Leadership Approaches From Classical to Contemporary.

Burcu Turan Torun
Van Yüzüncü Yıl University

Synopsis

Servant leadership, which is an important leadership approach today, is an approach that prioritizes the expectations of employees. Thanks to this approach, business managers can increase the job satisfaction levels of their employees. They can increase their performance levels. They can increase their commitment to the organization. Thus, they have the opportunity to achieve their goals more easily. This understanding, which has such important effects on achieving goals, is discussed in this study, and firstly, servant leadership understanding is tried to be explained. Then, the importance of this understanding is mentioned, and the characteristics of servant leadership and the advantages and disadvantages of this understanding are explained.

How to cite this book

Turan Torun, B. (2025). Servant Leadership. In: Oktaysoy, O. & Elkırmış, Ö. (eds.), Beyond Authority: Leadership Approaches From Classical to Contemporary. Özgür Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.58830/ozgur.pub939.c3934

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November 14, 2025

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