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posted by CoolHand on Wednesday May 06 2015, @08:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the captain-obvious dept.

When managers create a culture where employees know the boss puts employees' needs over his or her own, measureable [sic] improvements in customer satisfaction, higher job performance by employees, and lower turnover are the result, according to research by Robert Liden, Sandy Wayne, Chenwei Liao, and Jeremy Meuser, that has just been published in the Academy of Management Journal.

Employees feel the most valued, and in return give back to the company and its customers when their bosses create a culture of trust, caring, cooperation, fairness and empathy. According to Sandy Wayne one of the authors of the research, "The best business leadership style is far from, 'Do this. Don't do that.' A servant leader looks and sounds a lot more like, 'Is there anything I can do to help you?' Or, 'Let me help you....' Or, 'What do you need to...?' This approach helps employees reach their full potential."

The study was conducted at the Jason's Deli national restaurant chain, and the sample included:
961 employees
71 Jason's Deli restaurants
10 metropolitan areas.
The findings were based on data from surveys completed by managers, employees, and customers, and data from corporate records.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-05/ub-wb042915.php

[Study]: http://amj.aom.org/content/57/5/1434

[Also Covered By]: http://phys.org/news/2015-05-bosses-employees.html

[Source]: http://business.uic.edu/docs/default-source/chrm-documents/2015-website-servant-leadership-and-serving-culture-linden-wayne-liao-meuser.pdf?sfvrsn=2 [PDF]

 
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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2015, @03:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2015, @03:39AM (#179764)

    :) I had a new boss whose first move was to blockade himself in his office for 3 months and never communicate with the team. Turned out he was a corporate climber, an incompetent with ambitions. He spent his time on the phone 'networking' and wheedled his way up and out asap, leaving the team in disarray.

    But we have known this all for ages... anyone ever picked up a John Maxwell book?

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