Do servant-leaders help satisfy follower needs? An organizational justice perspective

Author： Mayer David Bardes Mary Piccolo Ronald

ISSN： 1464-0643

Source： European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Vol.17, Iss.2, 2008-02, pp. : 180-197

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Abstract

While theoretical work has discussed the link between servant-leadership and the satisfaction of follower needs, empirical research has yet to examine this relationship. The present article seeks to fill this void by reporting on a survey study (n = 187) linking servant-leadership to follower need and job satisfaction through the mediating mechanism of organizational justice. Drawing on the multiple needs model of justice, self-determination theory, needs-based theories of job satisfaction, and the servant-leadership literature, we find support for a theoretical model linking servant-leadership to job satisfaction with organizational justice and need satisfaction as mediators of this relationship.