Open AccessThe Role of Servant Leadership in Church Workers’ Commitment
Author(s) -
Seth Akhilele
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scholar chatter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2692-8426
DOI - 10.47036/sc.2.3.14-25.2021
Subject(s) - servant leadership , nonprobability sampling , psychology , empowerment , social psychology , organizational commitment , attendance , political science , sociology , leadership style , law , demography , population
The study was an examination of the role of servant leadership in worker's commitment to the Xander church (Pseudonym). In Xander church, workers' commitment is shallow, as reflected in attendance and service. A cross-sectional design was used to study 38workers using nonprobability purposive sampling. The hypotheses were: H1 Is there a statistically significant relationship between servant leader behaviors and workers' commitment? H2: Is there a statistically significant relationship between the servant leadership behavior of empowerment and church workers' reported commitment due to the length of stay? The eight dimensions servant leadership survey instrument measured servant leadership, while workers' commitment was measured with the 15-item Organizational Commitment Questionnaire. The data were analyzed with Spearman’s Rho correlation because of a small sample size. The results revealed that servant leadership predicted commitment, and the servant leadership survey element, behavior empowerment, was not predicted by the worker's length of stay. I recommend that further research be conducted to ascertain reasons for a low commitment since servant leadership behavior impacted commitment. Keywords: Servant leadership, commitment, church workers, empowerment, and leadership behavior.