Servant Leadership Paper
The student will concentrate on their individual workplace
or business as the focus of a 5-7 page research paper
discussing Servant Leadership. Follow APA format. After
researching articles, submitting a thesis and research
questions, and discussing the concepts in class, the
student will write a paper focusing on how Servant
Leadership has or has not been used in their places of
employment (or one in which they are familiar). Also,
students are to compare and contrast Servant
Leadership to Biblical principles as outlined in The
Maxwell Leadership Bible, and compare and contrast
their organization’s decision making to Servant
Leadership. Finally, students are to discuss ways they
might implement Servant Leadership into their
professional lives. Feel free to challenge the author’s
assertions.
Servant Leadership Thesis &
Research Questions
Students are to develop at least five questions about
Servant Leadership that can be answered through the
research articles and other sources assembled for the
Servant Leadership research paper. These questions are
the basis for a thesis statement that will serve as the
focal point of the Servant Leadership research paper.
For this assignment, students should submit a thesis
statement and at least five questions along with a proper
APA cover page and references page. 2 additional
sources, beyond the three articles from the previous
assignment, should be properly listed on the references
page.
Thesis Statement
Determine what kind of paper you are writing:
• An analytical paper breaks down an issue or an idea
into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea,
and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the
audience.
• An expository (explanatory) paper explains something
to the audience.
• An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic
and justifies this claim with specific evidence. The claim
could be an opinion, a policy proposal, an evaluation, a
cause-and-effect statement, or an interpretation. The
goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the
audience that the claim is true based on the evidence
provided.
Thesis Statement: Narrative
If you are writing a text which does not fall under these
three categories (ex. a narrative), a thesis statement
somewhere in the first paragraph could still be helpful to
your reader.
• Your thesis statement should be specific—it should cover
only what you will discuss in your paper and should be
supported with specific evidence.
• The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the
first paragraph of a paper.
• Your topic may change as you write, so you may need to
revise your thesis statement to reflect exactly what you
have discussed in the paper.
Example of an analytical thesis
statement
“An analysis of the college admission process
reveals one challenge facing counselors:
accepting students with high test scores or
students with strong extracurricular
backgrounds.”
The paper that follows should:
• explain the analysis of the college admission
process
• explain the challenge facing admissions
counselors
Example of an expository
(explanatory) thesis statement
“The life of the typical college student is
characterized by time spent studying,
attending class, and socializing with
peers.”
The paper that follows should:
explain how students spend their time
studying, attending class, and socializing
with peers
Example of an argumentative
thesis statement
‘High school graduates should be required to take
a year off to pursue community service projects
before entering college in order to increase their
maturity and global awareness.’
The paper that follows should:
• present an argument and give evidence to
support the claim that students should pursue
community projects before entering college
Hypothesis
• Clearly stated.
• What is being studied.
• Research design being used.
• Variables to be measured.
A hypothesis is a prediction. It is an educated
guess as to how a scientific experiment will turn
out. It is an educated guess because it is based
on previous research, training, observation, and
a review of the relevant research literature.
Variables
• Categorical variables are groups...such as
gender or type of degree sought.
• QUANTITATIVE variables are ones that
exist along a continuum that runs from low
to high.
• QUALITATIVE variables do not express
differences in amount, only differences.
Variables
• Independent (Experimental, Manipulated, Treatment,
Grouping) Variable-That factor which is measured,
manipulated, or selected by the experimenter to
determine its relationship to an observed phenomenon.
• Dependent (Outcome) Variable-That factor which is
observed and measured to determine the effect of the
independent variable, i.e., that factor that appears,
disappears, or varies as the experimenter introduces,
removes, or varies the independent variable.
• Moderator Variable- That factor which is measured,
manipulated, or selected by the experimenter to discover
whether it modifies the relationship of the independent
variable to an observed phenomenon. It is a special type
of independent variable.
Hypothesis Samples
• "It is predicted that the salary level of workers will be
positively correlated with a measure of overall happiness
in their job performance."
• "It is hypothesized that a rating of how satisfied workers
are with their current salary will be positively correlated
with a measure of their overall happiness and job
satisfaction."
• "it is predicted scores on a scale rating the level of
childhood trauma will be inversely correlated with scores
on a scale of overall adult happiness."
Sample Questions for Servant
Leadership Paper
• "Is our business structured - organized - to
produce servant leadership?”
• “What is Servant Leadership?”
• “Will practicing Servant Leadership
improve productivity in my company?”