{"id":446,"date":"2018-02-10T10:35:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T18:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/?p=446"},"modified":"2019-10-23T20:11:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T03:11:24","slug":"learning-activity-6-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/2018\/02\/10\/learning-activity-6-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Activity 6.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For this activity, I chose to focus on Carter and Baghurst&#8217;s (2014) article\u00a0<em>The Influence of Servant Leadership on Restaurant Employee Engagement<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What research design was used to guide the study? Was it justified?<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 3\/3<br \/>\n<\/strong>Carter and Baghurst (2014) used a phenomenological research design to study the effects of servant leadership on the experiences of 11 restaurant employees. This was the most appropriate research design to study the &#8220;lived experience&#8221; of servant leadership (Waters, 2017). Many of the sources that the authors cited were written within the last 10 years of the article&#8217;s publication date so recent and relevant literature was used. Since there is very little research on the effects of employee engagement as a result of servant leadership, the authors posit that their a phenomenological research design will &#8220;explore servant leadership from both a follower and leader perspective through personal examples in an effort to gain an understanding of the influence of servant leadership on employee engagement&#8221; (Carter &amp; Baghurst 2014, p. 455).<\/li>\n<li>Does the qualitative research design address the study\u2019s purpose?<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 3\/3<br \/>\n<\/strong>Yes, the phenomenological research designed allowed the researchers to interview 11 restaurant employees over a course of two months. They asked strategically chosen questions that allowed them to gauge how servant leadership from management affected the level of employee engagement at the restaurant (Carter &amp; Baghurst, 2014). Results showed that because of the environment of self-development and growth, employees were able to build meaningful relationships with their managers and their coworkers (Carter &amp; Baghurst, 2014, p. 462). This allowed employees to feel more ownership in their positions and to be more motivated to deliver exceptional service to customers\u00a0(Carter &amp; Baghurst, 2014, p. 462).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carter, D., &amp; Baghurst, T. (2014). The Influence of Servant Leadership on Restaurant Employee Engagement.\u00a0<i>Journal Of Business Ethics<\/i>,\u00a0<i>124<\/i>(3), 453-464. doi:10.1007\/s10551-013-1882-0<\/p>\n<p>Waters. J. (2017).\u00a0<em>Phenomenological Research Guidelines<\/em>. 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