TY - JOUR
T1 - Learning facilitation is service indeed
T2 - examining how servant leadership leads to employee engagement in learning
AU - Khan, Muhammad Mumtaz
AU - Mubarik, Muhammad Shujaat
AU - Ahmed, Syed Saad
AU - Jaboob, Ali Said
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2024/7/31
Y1 - 2024/7/31
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this study is to ascertain the role of servant leadership in promoting employees’ engagement in learning activities. Additionally, the study is intended to explicate the mediating role of employees’ promotion focus relating servant leadership to employees’ engagement in learning activities. Design/methodology/approach: Data was collected from 401 manager–subordinate dyads employed in the Pakistani software industry located in Karachi in two phases which were conducted two months apart. The data analysis was done through hierarchical regression. Findings: The study found that servant leadership was related to promotion focus and employees’ learning engagement. The study also found promotion focus was related to employees’ learning engagement. Finally, the results revealed promotion focus mediates the relationship between servant leadership and employees’ learning engagement. Originality/value: The study unearthed the previously unexplored role of servant leadership in affecting employees’ engagement in learning activities. Additionally, the study explicated how servant leadership affects employees’ promotion focus to motivate employees’ learning engagement.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this study is to ascertain the role of servant leadership in promoting employees’ engagement in learning activities. Additionally, the study is intended to explicate the mediating role of employees’ promotion focus relating servant leadership to employees’ engagement in learning activities. Design/methodology/approach: Data was collected from 401 manager–subordinate dyads employed in the Pakistani software industry located in Karachi in two phases which were conducted two months apart. The data analysis was done through hierarchical regression. Findings: The study found that servant leadership was related to promotion focus and employees’ learning engagement. The study also found promotion focus was related to employees’ learning engagement. Finally, the results revealed promotion focus mediates the relationship between servant leadership and employees’ learning engagement. Originality/value: The study unearthed the previously unexplored role of servant leadership in affecting employees’ engagement in learning activities. Additionally, the study explicated how servant leadership affects employees’ promotion focus to motivate employees’ learning engagement.
KW - Employees’ engagement in learning activities
KW - Promotion focus
KW - Servant leadership
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85199999057&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/GKMC-11-2023-0446
DO - 10.1108/GKMC-11-2023-0446
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85199999057
SN - 2514-9342
JO - Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication
JF - Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication
ER -