Changing patterns of the teacher as a servant leader in Asia Pacific: a review and research agenda

ABSTRACT

The ability of the Servant Leadership in transforming the learning experience for faculty and students encouraged the authors to study the role of the ‘Teacher as a Servant Leader’(TSL). Using the TCCM (Theory, Context, Characteristics and Methodology) approach, a systematic review of TSL studies is conducted to outline noteworthy contributions. Research gaps are identified and a framework for a research agenda is outlined. Further, a comparative view between the countries of Asia-Pacific and the Rest-of-the-World is undertaken. This area holds immense potential for theoretical extension and development as many of its nuances are left unattended in prior research. Focussed insights offer signposts for taking this academic journey forward.

KEYWORDS:

• Academics
• Asia Pacific countries
• education
• faculty
• servant leadership
• teacher as a servant leader

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Puja Khatri

Prof. Puja Khatri is currently working as a Professor at University School of Management Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. She has her PhD degree in organizational behavior and higher education. She is also a trained and certified behaviour analyst with specialization in psychometric profiling. In her rich 19 years of experience in teaching, research and consultancy, she has published more than 134 research papers in national and international journals; presented over 42 research papers in conferences and universities of repute, to name a few, Cambridge University, University of Melbourne, University of Scotland, University of Valencia, Zurich University, etc. Additionally, she has authored six books in the areas of personality assessment, mind and management and positivity.

Sumedha Dutta

Sumedha Dutta is presently working as an Assistant Professor with Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies, Delhi. She is a research scholar at University School of Management Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi and has submitted her doctoral work in the area of servant leadership and positive psychology. Her keen research areas include organization behavior and human resource management. She has over 20 papers published in national and international journals and conference proceedings to her credit.

Neeraj Kaushik

Dr. Neeraj Kaushik is currently working as Associate Professor and Head in the Department of Business Administration, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. He has done his B. Tech. in Textile Technology, Masters in Management Sciences, Computers Applications, Mass Communication, Social Work as well as Intellectual Property Law. As of now, he is pursuing his LLM. His doctoral work is on customer satisfaction in the Indian aviation sector. His interest areas are services marketing & research methodology. He has to his credit 60 articles published in Indian & international journals and conferences and as of now he is on the Review’s board of many international journals. In 2018, he won the prestigious Emerald Highly Commended Paper Award for his research titled ‘A framework for untapped creativity: leveraging components of individual creativity for organizational innovation’. Dr. Kaushik has conducted around 500+ workshops on research methodology with software applications (such as Excel, SPSS, AMOS, Smart PLS, ADANCO, Systat, R & R-Studio). He has authored one book, Business Research Analytics (published by StarEdu Publisher). Presently, he is active on YouTube where he has 700+ videos with 10,000+ subscribers and 1.2 million plus views.