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Servant leadership style was justified as the best value-based leadership style that would produce good leaders in Africa to ensure the continent derives the expected benefits of the new face of globalisation. A complete description of the style, including its antecedents and outcomes, was established from exploratory and empirical studies.
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Amah, O.E. (2019). Servant Leadership: A Solution to Leadership Challenges in Africa. In: Globalisation and Leadership in Africa. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98764-4_7
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