PERCEPTIONS OF FACULTY MEMBERS’ REGARDING SERVANTLEADERSHIP PRACTICES OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS

Authors

  • Abdul Ahad Roshan Saeed PhD Scholar-UE, Lahore/Lecturer, HOD (Education), MCKRU, SIBI Author
  • Dr. Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah University of Education, Lahore Author
  • Azra Yousaf M.Phil. Minhaj University, Lahore Author

Keywords:

Servant Leadership (SL), Higher Education Institutes (HEIs)

Abstract

Servant leadership is considered to be the most influential leadership styles at present time. Provision
of Service to followers is the essence of this leadership. The followers work best under such leaders
and their development rate excels. This study was intended to explore the practices of department
heads in a public sector University. Interpretivist paradigm, qualitative method and case study design
was used to accomplish the intended objective. Semi-structured interviews were conducted on
saturation-based sample of n=16 faculty-members using pre-defined themes of servant leadership in
higher education and explored the perceptions of faculty-members. The findings revealed that
department heads are servant leaders in terms of behaving ethically, development, emotional healing,
empowerment, pioneers, relation building and wisdom. This study confirmed that servant leadership is
practiced in given context

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Published

2022-01-06

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): jahan-e-tahqeeq

Section

Articles