Servant leadership in educational organizations in saudi arabia: a literature review

Saud G Albeshir *

Department of Educational Administration, King Saud University – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
 
Review
International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2024, 12(02), 2646–2657.
Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2024.12.2.1578
Publication history: 
Received on 16 July 2024; revised on 21 August 2024; accepted on 24 August 2024
 
Abstract: 
The aim of this study is to investigate the current state of practicing servant leadership in educational organizations in Saudi Arabia through a literature review. The study established specific criteria for selecting literature to ensure the credibility of the research. A total of 28 peer-reviewed articles published in academic journals between 2016 and 2023 were selected for this review. These articles examined the practice of servant leadership in Saudi schools and universities. The study reached several conclusions: All published studies on servant leadership in Saudi educational institutions are quantitative and rely solely on questionnaires as the data collection tool. Most of the studies are descriptive, correlational, or analytical, with no qualitative studies utilizing interviews. Furthermore, the dimensions of servant leadership vary across the included studies, and it was observed that the researchers developed the questionnaires instead of relying on previously established ones. The first published study on servant leadership in Saudi educational institutions appeared in 2016. The study found that most research on servant leadership in Saudi educational institutions was conducted in public schools and colleges rather than private ones. Additionally, the study discovered that the degree of practicing servant leadership in Saudi schools and colleges is generally high. The study offered several recommendations.
 
Keywords: 
Servant leadership; Servant leadership theory; Practicing servant leadership; Leadership; Educational organizations
 
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