Sen Sendjaya is a Professor of Leadership and Management, and Head of Department (Management & Organisation) at the School of Management, RMIT University. He held previous leadership roles at Swinburne and Monash University.
A leading scholar on servant leadership, Sen's research has appeared in, among others, the Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Vocational Behaviour, Journal of Business Ethics, as well as five books that he authored or edited. His research areas of interest include servant leadership and destructive leadership (and anything in between!), leadership development, and other more general OB topics (i.e., identity, diversity, spirituality).
Sen is the creator of the Servant Leadership Behaviour Scale (SLBS), a widely used psychometric measure to inform leadership selection, assessment, and training in organisations. He engages with senior leaders from various sectors (i.e., government, transportation, finance, health, higher education, not-for-profit, and church), leveraging their capacities to produce deep and lasting impacts on their followers and organisations. He has also delivered executive education, corporate workshops, and research seminars in Australia and overseas.
Research fields
350707 Leadership
350710 Organisational behaviour
UN sustainable development goals
3 Good Health and Well Being
8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
4 Quality Education
Supervisor projects
Interim Leadership: Selection, Socialization, Success, and Succession Toward an Evidence-based Process Model
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.