상사의 서번트 리더십이 해군 장병 및 군무원의 조직몰입 및 직무성과에 미치는 영향 - 해군의 리더십 공통핵심역량 매개효과를 중심으로 -

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of servant leadership in military organizations where top-down decision making is a norm. Servant leadership in the military has not been thoroughly studied compared to that in the government organizations and companies. A few previous studies concerning servant leadership in the military only focused on the army and marine corps. This study is the first research conducted in the navy, analyzing the survey answers of 626 subjects from different personnel groups such as officers, noncommissioned officers, and civilian employees in the navy. To examine how the servant leadership affects subordinates’ organizational commitment and job performance, the survey answers of participants were analyzed in view of each group’s core competencies of leadership as well as common core competencies of leadership such as professionalism, responsibility, cooperative communication and pride. The results suggest that leaders with servant leadership enhanced subordinates’ organizational commitment and job performance. Besides, subordinates’ common core competencies of leadership were also affected positively and were proved to mediate between servant leadership and subordinates’ organizational commitment and job performance. Based on the findings, this study offers practical implications and concludes by discussing the limitations of this study and the future research directions.