Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-132).

Thesis (M.A.)--David Lipscomb University. Graduate Department in Bible Studies, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-141).

Thesis (M.A.)--David Lipscomb University. Graduate Department in Bible Studies, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-141).

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010. / Thesis Advisor(s): Powley, Edward H. Second Reader: Crawford, Alice M. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 21, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Empathetic Leadership, Trauma, Crisis, Values Based Leadership, Spiritual Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Servant Leadership. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-59). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-132).

Dissertations (Ed. D.)--Rowan University, 2009. / Typescript. "UMI Number: 3386833"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.

Bibliography: pages 206-219. / The master-servant relationship in South Africa is examined in the light of Melanie Klein's psychodynamic-theories. It is argued that mechanisms of defense identified by Klein, primarily denial, splitting and projection, as well as depressive guilt, operate in the master-servant relationship in this country. The first chapter clarifies the theoretical approach to i) the individual and society, ii) literature and social analysis and iii) psychoanalysis and literature. It is argued that individuals are at one and the same time both public and private entities, made by and making the society they live in. The notion that group behaviour is individual behaviour writ large is rejected and the way in which the master-servant relationship is used as a microcosm of the larger relationship between black and white in South Africa is explained. It is also argued that literature, not bound to specifics of time and place in the way statistics are, yet still rooted in the looser flow of everyday life as experienced by individuals, provides the social analyst with special access to the dynamics of a society. The value of a psychoanalytic approach to literature lies in the light psychoanalysis sheds on the function of metaphor, particularly the metaphor of the human body, and phantasy. In the explication of Klein's theories, the importance of phantasy, both on an individual and a collective level, is stressed. The way in which denial, projection, splitting and guilt operate in South African society is then examined with illustrations drawn from various sources, such as the media and the statements of politicians, but primarily from the fiction of Doris Lessing, Es'kia Mphahlele and Nadine Gordimer. Furthermore, it is pointed out how patriarchy, capitalism and colonialism can be interpreted in the light of the dynamics proposed by Klein; it is argued that South Africa is a patriarchal, capitalist and colonial society and the effects that this has on the writing of Lessing, Mphahlele and Gordimer are examined. A framework for a reading of Lessing, Mphahlele and Gordimer is then established. Colonial literature, and the literary device of irony are examined. Links are drawn between irony, the metaphor of the body, the rejection of the notion of the purely private individual, and the functioning of denial, splitting and projection. In the subsequent three chapters, each devoted to a single writer, the theme of failures in recognition is carried through. Each writer is studied to emphasize different aspects of the arguments that have been developed in the preceding chapters. The tensions of patriarchy and colonialism are most clearly seen in the work of Lessing. Gordimer subverts the popularly-accepted division between public and private and provides a historical perspective on the master-servant relationship. Mphahlele, like Gordimer, gives us many examples of how a self is fractured and warped in the domination and subordination that obtains in the domestic scene. Like Gordimer, he uses irony a great deal to make his point. These three writers from divergent backgrounds resort to similar techniques and metaphors to express a similar vision. This study interprets the link between the individual and society, and between a society and its literature in terms of a psychodynamic theory. The struggle for a sense of wholeness is an individual and a collective enterprise. The struggle for a South African literature is the struggle for a South African identity.

Despite extensive research into the effects of servant leader behaviors, the prior research has exclusively examined the recipient-centric between-person outcomes. To expand the nomological network of the effects of servant leader behaviors, the present research shifts the locus of theorizing and adopts an actor-centric within-person perspective. By integrating engagement theory (Kahn, 1990) and the Work-Home Resource model (ten Brummelhuis & Bakker, 2012), the current study examines whether those leaders who exhibit servant behaviors on a given day perceive any psychological costs and benefits, and if so, how those experiences affect their behaviors in the work and family domains (i.e., work engagement and family support). Using experience sampling data from 103 full-time employees, results revealed that leaders who engaged in servant leader behaviors more frequently on a given day were more likely to experience two psychological benefits (i.e., psychological meaningfulness and psychological authenticity), while experiencing a psychological cost (i.e., psychological depletion) afterward. As such, the current investigation represents a necessary first step in understanding both enrichment- and depletion-based daily experiences of serving others. / Business Administration/Interdisciplinary

This qualitative case study explored the philosophy of servant-leadership in the context of sport, specifically from the perspective of an athletic leader, or servant-athlete. The primary purpose of the research was to identify traits of a servant-athlete—who for the purpose of this case study was Canadian professional basketball player Steve Nash—with the secondary purpose being to look at some formative childhood experiences, which may have shaped the servant-athlete’s leadership style. The primary method of data collection was an academic interview, with other sources of media being used to triangulate the findings. Findings suggested that the servant-athlete would be a team player, who leads by building relationships, practicing compassion, empathy, and self-awareness, and ultimately serving the needs of his teammates. It was found that childhood experiences with service—particularly related to the parents—played a large role in influencing the servant-athlete’s leadership philosophy. Rich commentary from the academic interview spoke to the themes identified, and provided evidence of servant-leadership being a viable leadership philosophy in sport. / Graduate / 0515 / 0534 / 0575 / 0384 / airritch@hotmail.com

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-132).