Dirk van Dierendonck has been invited by the chair of Research and Science Management for Wednesday, December 12th, 2012.

He is associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Rotterdam School of Management. His areas of expertise include leadership (notably servant leadership), positive organizational behavior, leadership development, and measurement development. He is associate editor of International Journal of Servant Leadership, co-founder of the Erasmus Center for Leadership Studies, and co-founder and co-organizer of the New Directions in Leadership Research conference organized by Duke University, Erasmus University, INSEAD, and The Wharton School. Dirk van Dierendonck has published over 60 scholarly articles, books, and book chapters, including –together with Kathleen Patterson - the edited volume Servant Leadership, developments in theory and research.

Dirk van Dierendonck is currently working with Dr. Armin Pircher-Verdorfer and Prof. Dr. Claudia Peus.

His talk will take place on Wednesday, December 12th, 2012, in room 0544, and will be on the topic of "Servant Leadership, a state-of-the-art overview of current theorizing and research"

Abstract:

At the start of the second decade of the twenty-first century, academic research on servant leadership is increasingly finding its way into international journals. This research is not without its challenges. Different conceptual models differentiate a wide ranges of behaviors that all could exemplify the servant-leader.  Most of what has been written is prescriptive (what ideally should be done), not enough yet has been descriptive (what is actually happening).  This resulted in many interpretations of servant leadership. Not surprisingly, therefore, is that at least seven multi-dimensional and two one-dimensional measures of servant leadership are presently available.

The purpose of this presentation is to introduce to attendees a model that may give more clarity and a deeper insight into the current thinking on the antecedents, underlying processes and consequences of  servant leadership. It will provide a state-of-the-art overview of the current quantitative, qualitative, and conceptual research grounded in the latest  insights from academia. It will provide a framework that can help place into perspective the most influential theoretical models and operationalizations.