Title: Servant leadership of the teachers of engineering colleges: an empirical study from engineering students' perceptive

Authors: Bhaskar M. Bhandarkar; Balkrishna E. Narkhede; Manju Bhagat

Addresses: Department of Management, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 835215, India ' Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai 400019, Maharashtra, India ' Department of Management, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 835215, India

Abstract: In this article, drawing from an engineering students' perspective, we explore the servant leadership of teachers of engineering colleges. Our data collected from 2,112 male and 774 female demonstrate that 94.5% engineering students rate the servant leadership of engineering teachers at 50% and above level. Similarly, 52.4% engineering students rate the servant leadership of engineering teachers at 70% and above level. It is also observed that the 'age 'of the engineering students and the 'location' of the residence of engineering students affect their perception regarding servant leadership of engineering teachers. We also observed that the region of residence, gender and the education level of the engineering students do not have any significant effect on the perception of engineering students regarding servant leadership of engineering teachers. It contributes to the knowledge of the nature of servant leadership by giving insights to the servant leadership behaviour of the teachers of engineering colleges from students perceptive.

Keywords: servant leadership; engineering teachers; student centric learning; servant teachership; student perceptions; gender differences; regional origins; leadership behaviour; engineering colleges; engineering education; education levels.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2017.082572

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2017 Vol.11 No.4, pp.425 - 445

Received: 06 May 2015
Accepted: 15 Jul 2015

Published online: 02 Mar 2017 *

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