Servant leadership at West Negros University: Implications for Filipino higher education administration

Abstract

Using Hale and Fields' (2007) instrument, this study includes the investigation of three factors relating to servant leadership: service, humility, and shared vision; and their relationships to outcome variables, including affective organizational commitment and job satisfaction, at West Negros University. The process for the present study included following-up on a pilot study conducted by West and Bocârnea (2008). In this present study, 168 of 333 possible participants voluntarily completed an associated survey. The participants included faculty and staff members who represented all divisions within the university. The results indicate that: (a) shared vision contributes significantly to both affective organizational commitment and job satisfaction and (b) perceived organizational support fully mediates the relationship between shared vision and job satisfaction.