Psychological capital as an antecedent to servant leadership in the counseling profession

ABSTRACT

We investigated psychological capital (PsyCap) as an antecedent of servant leadership. Findings show that PsyCap was a strong predictor of servant leadership, particularly in counseling students when compared to experienced counseling professionals. Suggestions to develop servant leadership in counseling students, counselors, counselor educators, and supervisors are discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• Servant leadership
• psychological capital
• counselor preparation
• leadership development
• counselor education

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).