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My meaning is my engagement: exploring the mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement

Muhammad Mumtaz Khan (Business Studies Department, Bahria Business School, Bahria University Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan)
Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik (Institute of Business Management, College of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan)
Syed Saad Ahmed (Business Studies Department, Bahria Business School, Bahria University Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan) (School of Economics and Management, Biehang University, Beijing, China)
Tahir Islam (School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China)
Essa Khan (Business Studies Department, Bahria Business School, Bahria University Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan)
Asif Rehman (Business Studies Department, Bahria Business School, Bahria University Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan)
Farhan Sohail (Business Studies Department, Bahria Business School, Bahria University Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan)

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

ISSN: 0143-7739

Article publication date: 2 June 2021

Issue publication date: 13 July 2021

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of the study is to ascertain the mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement. The study also explores the relationship between servant leadership and work engagement.

Design/methodology/approach

The data were collected from 704 service sector employees working in Pakistan through survey design. The data analysis was done through structural equation modeling using PLS-Smart and hierarchical regression using SPSS.

Findings

The results revealed that servant leadership was related to meaning and work engagement. Moreover, meaning was found to be related to work engagement. Finally, meaning was found to mediate the relationship between servant leadership and work engagement.

Originality/value

The research has ascertained the previously unexplored mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement.

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Citation

Khan, M.M., Mubarik, M.S., Ahmed, S.S., Islam, T., Khan, E., Rehman, A. and Sohail, F. (2021), "My meaning is my engagement: exploring the mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 42 No. 6, pp. 926-941. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-08-2020-0320

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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