Give good get good do servant leadership behaviours work in a political organisational culture

In this thesis a mixed method research design is adopted to investigate the mechanisms underlying the relationships between servant leadership and employee task performance and citizenship behaviours. Also examined in this thesis is the impact of organisational politics on these relationships. The research, conducted in a South Asian context, comprises two studies utilising the sequential exploratory mixed-method research design. In the first qualitative study, 25 participants were purposefully selected from five different administrative departments of the case organisation. In the follow-up quantitative study, 236 participants were recruited using a convenience sample. Across both studies servant leaders were fund to work effectively to influence subordinates’ task performance and citizenship behaviours. This was the case even in highly political environments where self-centred activities are in abundance.