Explore the perceptions of servant leadership dimensions and its influence on team effectiveness among armed forces hospital managers Khamis Mushayt Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The results of this study reveal the perceptions of servant leadership dimensions and its influence on Team effectiveness among managers Armed Forces Hospital Khamis Mushayt Saudi Arabia. Data collected was from a population of 250 managers within the Armed Forces Hospital Saudi Arabia. 200 respondents participated in the study. The researcher identified that for the purpose of this study utilising the Servant Leadership Questionnaires (SLQ) by Barbuto and Wheeler( 2006), and the Team Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ) by Larson and LaFasto (2004), and a demographic survey will be the most suitable instrument to collect the data for this study purpose. The instruments were tested before the study had commenced by a qualified statistician. Full-time managers both units based and administrative managers participated, rating the servant leadership style of their leaders in addition to providing their organisational teamwork. Evidence supported the reliability and validity of both servant leadership and team effectiveness models and the associated instruments. The results of this study found a statistically significant correlation between the servant leadership style of the leadership and the staff’s affective and normative team effectiveness. There was a significant statistical correlation that existed between the leader’s servant leadership style of leadership and the staff’s continuance teamwork to the organisation. Statistical data and implications for the findings were included in chapters five and six. There are some specific strengths and weaknesses within the ambit of servant leadership and team effectiveness. Servant leadership shows that more must be done by the managers to develop the emotional maturity of the managers that they engage and work with and the trust relationship among the managers was also additional findings when the data was analysed. Perhaps they can attend a training course, workshops and even enroll for degree courses in psychology and embark on team building exercises to build on their trust relationship issues. People need to be understood, and managers need to shepherd the people they work with using great care and compassion. The other issue of attention is that managers must become less selfish by esteeming the colleagues better than themselves and by being self-

sacrificing regarding their needs. Putting one first is a sure way to promote servant leadership in any institution. This research presented information and findings that may be used in future studies relating to leadership behaviour, as outlined in servant leadership theories and concepts and its effect on subordinate behaviour, in organisations with the aims to improve team effectiveness in healthcare in Saudi Arabia Military Hospitals using effective leadership styles.