Article Reviews

In this unit, there are four journal articles included in your reading. Please review all articles and respond to two of the articles on questions provided under them. Each journal response should be a maximum of 400 words each and posted to your blog.

Make sure to include complete bibliographic information in your post and the ‘ldrs500’ category and ‘article review’ tag.

Article 1

Mulla, Z.R. and Krishnan, V.R. (2011). Transformational leadership: Do the leader’s morals matter and do the follower’s morals change? Journal of Human Values 17(2), 129-143. https://ezproxy.student.twu.ca/login?url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/097168581101700203

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Describe the components of moral development.
   How are these different from moral judgment?
2. Describe how transformational leaders can positively impact moral sensitivity and development in their followers.
3. What was the effect of the leader-follower relationship duration on transformational leadership effecting follower’s moral sensitivity?

Article 2

Searle, T.P. and Barbuto, J.E. (2011). Servant Leadership, Hope, and Organizational Virtuousness: A Framework Exploring Positive Micro and Macro Behaviors and Performance Impact. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies 18(1), 107-117. https://ezproxy.student.twu.ca/login?url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1548051810383863

Questions that apply to this article:

1. This article identified five dimensions of servant leadership. What servant leader behaviors found in the Northouse text in the Model of Servant Leadership could describe the dimension
   altruistic calling
   in this research article?
2. How does positive micro-level behavior described in the article affect performance?
3. Discuss hope in this article as is relates to positive psychology and servant leadership. Why is hope a significant psychological factor to use when studying servant leadership?

Article 3

Smith, B.N., Montagno, R.V. and Kuzmenko, T.N. (2004). Transformational and servant leadership: Content and contextual comparisons. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies 10(4), 80-92. https://ezproxy.student.twu.ca/login?url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/107179190401000406

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Describe the similarities between servant and transformational leadership in the charismatic component of leadership.
2. In Table 1 there is not much overlap between servant and transformational leadership related to intellectual stimulation.
   Why do you think this is the case? Based on your knowledge of transformational and servant leadership, could there be an overlap in shares leadership, builds community and values people? Give an example of an overlap in one of these categories.
3. Which model, servant or transformational, did the authors find worked best in a not-for-profit or religious organizational context?
   What do the authors say about the importance of “context” for each model?

Article 4

Van Dierendonck, D. (2011). Servant leadership: A review and synthesis. Journal of Management 37(4), 1228-1261. https://ezproxy.student.twu.ca/login?url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0149206310380462

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Describe the historical development of servant leadership as outlined in this article.
2. How are concepts from Leader-Member Exchange theory incorporated into the development of servant leadership?
3. How is leader motivation to serve incorporated into the servant leadership model? How is this consistent with personality research in leadership?