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Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice

CSU’s Turner College of Business is home to the editorial offices of a number of academic journals. One of these is Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice, which is currently edited by Kevin Hurt, an associate professor of management in the Turner College. SLTP launched in 2016, and it aims to publish scholarly research, theory, and developmental application from diverse fields of inquiry about servant leadership. The journal will consider studies of servant leaders from all walks of social life, including formal or informal servant leaders of any type of group or organization. In addition to Hurt, the Editorial Board of SLTP includes Phil Bryant and Neal Thomson, both management faculty in the Turner College. Among the other Editorial Board members are Steve Brown of Georgia Gwinnett College, Victor Claar of Henderson State University, and Kathleen Patterson of Regent University. Both Bryant and Brown served as editors of SLTP prior to Hurt’s tenure as editor. Currently, the most cited paper in the SLTP is titled “Servant Leadership: A Quantitative Review of Instruments and Related Findings.” This study, authored by Mark Green, Carol Wheeler and Barbara Baggerly-Hinojosa of Our Lady of the Lake University, along with Richard Rodriguez of Lone Star University, provides a review of six instruments that measure constructs related to servant leadership, and summarizes 84 statistical results from 20 quantitative, peer-reviewed studies. Published in 2016, this study has been cited 132 times according to Google Scholar.

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ABDC Releases 2025 Journal Review, Now Ranks Journal Edited by Phil Bryant

The long-awaited journal review being conducted by the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) has been released and there are a number of news items that relate to faculty in the Turner College. One of these is the ABDC's decision to now include Compensation and Benefits Review in its journal rankings. This is big news for the Turner College as its editor, Phil Bryant , is a professor of management in the Turner College. The ABDC is proposing that the journal enter its system for the first time as a C-rated journal. Acting Turner College Dean Tesa Leonce sits on the journal's editorial board, while Turner College management professor Mark James has guest-edited an issue of the journal. Published by SAGE, Compensation & Benefits Review is the leading journal for senior executives and professionals who design, implement, evaluate and communicate compensation and benefits policies and programs. The journal supports compensation and benefits specialists and academic ex...

New Butler Center Report Identifies Employment Gaps in the Columbus Area

Officials in the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development recently put the finishing touches on an extensive report on trends in educational programs and occupations in the Columbus area. The report also includes data on business and technology trends. According to Fady Mansour , Director of the Butler Center, there are several key takeaways from the report regarding 10 occupational gaps that currently exist in the Columbus area. First, software development occupation exhibits the biggest labor shortage, with the report adding that the TSYS School has a bachelor's degree program in information technology along with a new AI track for the bachelor's degree in computer science, both of which can qualify students for this occupation. Other educational programs are in demand, such as computer programming and cloud computing. Second, there is a gap of 30 employees per year in general and operations management. This gap could be addressed by the Turn...

Turner Business Chats with Kevin Hurt about Leadership Research Program

Our 5 September 2025 profile of Turner College management professor Kevin Hurt has been a popular one here at Turner Business . That blog post focused mainly on the portfolio of leadership research that he has steadily built up over recent years into one that is unmatched in the Turner College. We recently visited with Hurt to discuss his research endeavors. The transcript of that visit appears below. TB: ‎ Turner Business recently profiled your growing list of research publications in leadership. What would be your assessment of how your research program in leadership has gone so far? KH: Overall, it has been a rewarding journey. I appreciate that the Turner Business profile acknowledged my work, particularly in the area of servant leadership. While journal publications are a measure of success for us as faculty, to me that success also includes building the next generation of leaders. It was the latter that inspired me to leave a Fortune 500 corporation and seek...

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