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leader empowering behavior was effected to Job complexity
=.210, p.001, information processing
=.266, p.001, problem solving =.244, p.001, skill variety =.234, p.001
and specialization
=.370, p.001, thus hypothesis-1 was supported. The leader vision was
effected to job complexity =.079, p.01 and
skill variety =.-.155, p.01, thus hypothesis-2
was partially supported. The leader service behavior was not effect to all of knowledge
dimensions, thus hypothesis-3 was not supported.
.25
emp
.23
Svs
.20
Vis JC
IPs
SV PS
Spec
.71 .35
.63 .58
.55 -.45
-.51 -.30
-.27 .07
-.26 -.09
-.29 .33
.02 .50
e1
1
.22
e2
1
.52
e3
1 .28
e4
1 .16
.18 .15
.19
e5
1
Figure 4. Taiwanese data set
Emp Empowerment, Svs Service, Vis Vision, JC Job Complexity, IPs Information processing, SV
Skill Variety, PS Problem Solving, and Spec Specialization
Cross culture investigation was present in table 3. It shows the different effect of
empowerment to the job complexity t=3.934, problem solving t=3.126 and specification
t=2.194 between Indonesian‘s and Taiwanese‘s leader. It was also different effect of leader‘s
service to
job complexity
t=-2.034 and
information processing
t=-3.497 between
Indonesian‘s and Taiwanese‘s, and effect of leader vision to information processing t=2.528.
4 CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Discussion
This study predicted servant leadership effect to knowledge. All dimension of servant
leadership was used to predict knowledge characteristics. Dimension of empowering on the
servant Leadership has an effect to all knowledge characteristics. This finding indicates the intension
of empowering process to employee significantly support
the adequacy
of the
knowledge characteristics such as job complexity, information
processing, problem solving, skill variety, and specialization p.01. The leader vision was
significantly effect to job complexity, and skill variety p.05. However, the leader services have
no effect on knowledge characteristics, significantly p.05.
However, this study found that the effect of servant leadership on the knowledge characteristics
were significantly different between Indonesia and Taiwan.
Managerial Implication These findings indicate that the leaders have
to increase their concern to their sub ordinate in order to highly feel endorsed on the job. Knowledge
characteristics were important on the recruitment, selection and adaptation process. Moreover the
staffing
process was
included performance
evaluation, training and development, reward and punishment, career and retirement management.
Hence, accuracy of leader support was significantly effect on their subordinate capability to have higher
achievement, and career opportunities.
Leader vision effect the policy of work design to increase the effectiveness of work
activities. Whereas leader‘s service to their subordinate supports the process of their staff work
action, efficiently and effectively. In order to the employee empowerment
defined by Randolph 1995 and Blanchard et al. 1996, it is ―a transfer of power‖ from the
employer to the employees and is not only having the freedom to act, but also having higher degree of
responsibility and accountability. Accordingly, Leader empowers their subordinate by giving a
discretion or latitude over certain task related activities Bowen and Lawler, 1992; Conger and
Kanungo, 1988; Schessinger and Heskett, 1991, and coaches and help employees to solve problems
in organization Malone 1997. Hence, subordinates to be more satisfied with their leader, and perform
to the leader‘s expectations. Application
of good
leadership in
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thoughts of others, give verbal expression to their feelings, able to delegate and empower employees.
Good leadership inspires the subordinates, using vision, leader also empowers employees through
training
and development.
Hamish 2004
―leadership is not only having innovative ideas‖, but it is also getting people to follow, not just in
dragooned single file, but with pride, aflutter in their hearts and expectations. Therefore, support of
servant
behaviors of
empowerment would
meaningful for increase both perception and real adequacy of knowledge requirement of the
subordinate jobs.
4.2 Limitation and Future Research
