The Influence of the Servant Leadership Style of the Head of PSDKU Touna on the Academic Satisfaction of Management Department Students Class of 2024 at Universitas Tadulako

Abstrak

This research aims to analyze and test the influence of the Head of PSDKU Touna's Servant Leadership style on the academic satisfaction of Management Department students in the Class of 2024. Servant Leadership is a leadership style that originates in a desire to serve others, focusing on meeting subordinates' needs, listening to them, and providing the necessary support and direction to achieve shared goals. The dimensions of servant leadership consist of actions, empathy, wisdom, seeking solutions, growth, social spirit, vision, serving, developing, and empowering followers, who in this context are the students. Student academic satisfaction is an essential indicator of the institution's success in providing an optimal learning experience. The population in this study is all Management Department students of PSDKU Touna Class of 2024. This research employs a quantitative approach, distributing questionnaires as the data collection instrument. The analysis uses simple linear regression to assess the extent to which the Servant Leadership variable (independent variable) influences Academic Satisfaction (dependent variable). The research results are expected to provide empirical evidence on the role of leadership.