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The Impact of Servant Leadership on Reducing Job Burnout: An Exploratory Study of the Opinions of a Sample of Employees at the Mosul Institute / Northern Technical University

Alaa Abdullah Mustafa

Northern Technical University Technical Management Institute / Nineveh

Ali Mahmoud Ali

Northern Technical University Technical Institute / Mosul

76-101 Vol: 15, Issue: 2, 2025
Receiving Date: 2025-04-10
Acceptance Date: 2025-05-12
Publication Date: 2025-05-22
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Abstract

The research aims to shed light on the impact of servant leadership on reducing job burnout by applying the study to a sample of employees at the Mosul Institute, affiliated with the Northern Technical University. The descriptive-analytical approach was employed to clarify the studied phenomenon by examining a population consisting of all 436 employees at the Mosul Institute. A purposive sample of 385 employees was selected. The questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting primary data, which were analyzed using the SPSS software to derive the results.

Keywords: Servant Leadership; Job Burnout; Mosul Institute; Northern Technical University.

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