Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study explores the relationship between leadership style and follower outcomes within the voluntary context of churches.Perceptions of servant leadership and charismatic leadership among senior pastors are proposed as predictors of parishioner extraordinary involvement and commitment.Both of these leadership styles are found to be significant predictors of each of these outcome variables.However, when comparing the predictive strength of these two leadership styles, servant leadership is found to be a stronger predictor of both involvement and commitment.Additionally, this study proposes that congregational size moderates the relationships between leadership styles and outcome variables by minimizing the effects of leadership as congregations increase in size.However, this hypothesis is not supported.Finally, person-church fit is proposed as a mediator in the relationships between leadership behaviors and parishioner outcomes.Results show that person-church fit partially mediates the relationship between charismatic leadership and commitment and involvement and between servant leadership and commitment.However, person-church fit does not mediate the relationship between servant leadership and involvement.
Author: Timothy H. Brubaker
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2580205909