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Servant leaders inspire servant followers: Antecedents and outcomes for employees and the organization
Quality Criteria
1.The topic is interesting.
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3=Excellent
Evidence and/or Reasoning
- The topic is introduced by a famous essay and how it has affected the real world. (the first two sentences)
- The topic is depicted in a broad way.
- I found the subject matter appealing because the authors provide two possible explanations for the main topic which pique my interest of keeping reading it.
Quality Criteria
2.There is a meaningful problem.
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3=Excellent
Evidence and/or Reasoning
- The authors claim that the existing understanding of servant leadership is not enough.
- Two problems are clearly addressed and stated explicitly.
- The first problem is about “the need to better understand the scope and magnitude of the influence that servant leadership has on a range of multilevel outcomes and…”
- The second problem is the need of more advanced research designs and more comprehensive explorations to help managers better apply servant leadership in the real world.
Quality Criteria
3.The importance of the problem is justified.
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3=Excellent
Evidence and/or Reasoning
Clear evidence of the importance of the problem is provided by plenty of references in the literature.
For example: Hofmann, 2002; Yammarino & Bass, 1991; Liden et al., 2008; Walumbwa et al., 2010a; and so on.
Quality Criteria
4.There are deficiencies in the knowledge about the problem.
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3=Excellent
Evidence and/or Reasoning
The authors have identified several deficiencies about the problem:
- The results of Walumbwa et al. (2010a) were not clear, therefore, the results need to be extended;
- The individual-level outcomes have received little attention by servant leadership scholars, therefore, need to be noticed;
- The traits linked to servant leadership and its outcome remain unclear.
- There is only one study has linked leader agreeableness to servant leader behaviors; no studies have investigated leader extraversion.
Quality Criteria
5.There are audiences who can benefit from the missing knowledge.
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1=Fair
Evidence and/or Reasoning
The authors have not specifically mentioned in the end of the introduction, but in the second paragraph, scholars and managers are noted.
Quality Criteria
6.The passage clearly argues that the study is warranted.
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3=Excellent
Evidence and/or Reasoning
The topic, problem, justification, deficiencies, and audiences form a quite logical and convincing argument that the study is of important and needed.
Quality Criteria
7.The passage is well written.
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3=Excellent
Evidence and/or Reasoning
- Concise enough, easy to follow.
- The proposed model (Figure 1) are especially helpful and visualized.
Total Score = 19 (17-21 = High quality)
Reference
Hunter, E. M., Neubert, M. J., Perry, S. J., Witt, L. A., Penny, L. M., & Weinberger, E. (2013). Servant leaders inspire servant followers: Antecedents and outcomes for employees and the organization. Leadership Quarterly, 24(2), 316-331.
Plano-Clark, V., & Creswell, J. (2015). Understanding research: A consumer’s guide (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.