Nature or nurture : what makes a servant leader?

• Main Authors: Cheng, Wai Lai., Sim, Ruo Ling., Wong, Agnes Ooi Wah.
• Other Authors: Ng, Kok Yee
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Management::Leadership
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10549
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Our research seeks to address the gap by examining two major antecedents to servant leadership: leaders’ personality traits reflecting the “nature” argument, and leaders’ availability of a role model reflecting the “nurture” argument. Given the constant debate on whether leaders are made or born, ou...