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In the Service of the Planet (2022)

Koistinen, K., Teerikangas, S., & Onkila, T. (2022). In the Service of the Planet. In S. Dhiman, & G. E. Roberts (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Servant Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69802-7_70-1

The research was funded by Strategic Research Council at the Research Council of Finland.

JYU authors or editors

Onkila, Tiina

Publication details

All authors or editors: Koistinen, Katariina; Teerikangas, Satu; Onkila, Tiina

Parent publication: The Palgrave Handbook of Servant Leadership

Parent publication editors: Dhiman, Satinder; Roberts, Gary E.

eISBN: 978-3-030-69802-7

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 02/06/2022

Number of pages in the book: 950

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place of Publication: Cham

Publication country: Switzerland

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69802-7_70-1

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Abstract

While the global earth system faces severe sustainability challenges such as climate crisis and biodiversity loss, new leadership paradigms are in need. Notwithstanding, environmental and sustainable leadership are gaining prominence. This chapter focuses on servant leadership. For one, the use of servant leadership is reviewed accompanied with the notion of sustainability. For another, the chapter offers empirical insights into the practice and relevance of servant leadership based on three cases. In the case organizations, top executives working for organizations with strong sustainability strategies in Finland are studied. The chapter contributes to a theoretical and empirical appreciation of the relevance of servant leadership in service of the planet.

Keywords: global problems; sustainable development; leadership (properties); literature surveys; case study

Free keywords: sustainability; servant leadership; literature review; multiple-case study

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