Servant leadership and civil servants' service attitude: The role of basic needs satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Mei Sun ◽  
Zhixia Chen ◽  
Qing Yang
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Needs Satisfaction ◽  
Public Servant

We explored the effect of servant leadership on service attitude to understand its mediation mechanism, on the basis of selfdetermination theory. We used valid, reliable scales to measure servant leadership and basic needs satisfaction, and a self-designed scale to measure service attitude among 160 public servant–citizen paired dyads from the Chinese Government Affairs Center. Results show that servant leadership had a positive influence on service attitude, and that the basic needs of autonomy and competence played mediating roles, but the basic need of relatedness did not. Our results affirm selfdetermination theory and empirically show the different roles of psychological needs satisfaction. Future research prospects and implications for civil service reforms are discussed.

scholarly journals Value Consistency across Relational Roles and Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Self-Concept Clarity

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 291
Author(s):  
Claudia Russo ◽  
Daniela Barni ◽  
Ioana Zagrean ◽  
Francesca Danioni
Keyword(s):  
Personal Identity ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Needs Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction Subscale ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction

Living in today’s complex social world can contribute to the development of a multi-faceted personal identity and to the risk of identity dispersion. This study focused on values, which are conceptualised as the core of one’s personal identity. It aimed to explore the within-person value consistency across relational roles (i.e., relationships with parents, partners, and friends) and to analyse the association between value consistency, self-concept clarity, and basic psychological needs satisfaction. One hundred ninety-five Italian young adults (F = 85%; Mage = 26.65, SD = 3.83) participated in the study. They completed the Values in Context Questionnaire, the Self-Concept Clarity Scale, and the satisfaction subscale from the Basic Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale. Findings showed high value consistencies across the relational roles. Specifically, consistency is higher when values as a partner and values as a friend are considered. Moreover, the relation between value consistency and basic psychological needs satisfaction was fully mediated by self-concept clarity. Limitations of the study, future research developments, and practical implications of the results are discussed.

scholarly journals Antecedents and consequences of parental psychological control and autonomy support: The role of psychological basic needs

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 1168-1189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastiano Costa ◽  
Maria C. Gugliandolo ◽  
Nadia Barberis ◽  
Francesca Cuzzocrea ◽  
Francesca Liga
Keyword(s):  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Parental Psychological Control ◽  
Supportive Parenting ◽  
Needs Satisfaction ◽  
Need Frustration

Research suggests that psychologically controlling and autonomy-supportive parenting can be described within the Self-Determination Theory’s (SDT) framework. Two studies were conducted to examine (a) the role of parental need frustration as a predictor of parental psychological control, (b) the role of parental need satisfaction as a predictor of parental autonomy support, and (c) the role of parents’ psychological control and autonomy support in the intergenerational transmission of satisfaction and frustration of the psychological basic needs. Study 1 provided evidence, in a sample of 203 Italian coupled parents, that needs frustration and needs satisfaction represent distinct antecedents of psychological control and autonomy support. Study 2, showed that in 135 families, the intergenerational association between parents’ and adolescents’ need frustration was partially mediated by psychological control and autonomy support. Results clearly showed that parents who experienced high level of psychological needs frustration are more likely to use psychological control and in turn to promote a feeling of need frustration in their adolescents; differently, parents who experienced high levels of psychological needs satisfaction tend to exert more autonomy support in their relationship with their children and in turn adolescents tend to perceive higher level of needs satisfaction. These findings are discussed in light of SDT and underline the importance of needs in the parenting context and have implications for interventions.

Prosocial tendencies and subjective well-being: The mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Linlin Feng ◽  
Lelin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Needs Satisfaction ◽  
Prosocial Tendencies ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction

We linked self-determination theory and prosociality, and explored the mediating role of three dimensions of basic psychological needs satisfaction, namely, competence, autonomy, and relatedness, in the relationship between prosocial tendencies and subjective well-being. We explored these relationships using a cross-sectional research design with 1,106 Chinese adults. Results show that the public prosocial tendencies of men (vs. women) were higher, and competence, autonomy, and relatedness mediated the positive relationship between prosocial tendencies and subjective well-being. The indirect effect of relatedness was stronger than those of competence and autonomy, demonstrating the importance of relatedness in a collectivistic society like China. Our findings deepen understanding of the underlying mechanisms between prosociality and subjective well-being as mediated by basic psychological needs satisfaction, and may encourage people to engage in prosocial behavior.

scholarly journals Leadership beyond Narcissism: On the Role of Compassionate Love as Individual Antecedent of Servant Leadership

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Brouns ◽  
Kai Externbrink ◽  
Pablo Salvador Blesa Aledo
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Leader Effectiveness ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leader Emergence ◽  
Compassionate Love ◽  
Practical Implications

While we already know a lot about the outcomes and boundary conditions of servant leadership, there is still a need for research on its antecedents. Building on the theory of purposeful work behavior and further theorizing by van Dierendonck and Patterson (2015), we examine if leaders’ propensity for compassionate love will evoke servant leadership behavior. At the same time, we contrast compassionate love to leaders’ narcissism as psychological counterpart to compassionate love, because narcissism is not associated with leader effectiveness, but with leader emergence instead. We collected data from 170 leader-follower-dyads in a field study in Germany, while measuring leaders’ compassionate love and narcissism, and followers’ perceptions of servant leadership. We found a positive association between leaders’ compassionate love and servant leadership behavior, while narcissism was negatively associated with servant leadership. Theoretical and practical implications, as well as pathways for future research are discussed.

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