Leadership effectiveness in Higher Education: Managerial self-perceptions versus perceptions of others

Herbst, Tessie H.H.; Conradie, Pieter D.P.

doi:10.4102/sajip.v38i1.867

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“…There has been considerable empirical research on leadership in different sectors in various countries (for example, Basham, 2012;Bolden, Gosling, O'Brien, Peters, Ryan, & Haslam, 2012;Herbst & Conradie, 2011;Lopez-Dominguez, Enache, Sallan, & Simo, 2014;Sani & Maharani, 2012;Vinger, 2009). However, these studies have varied widely in terms of context, objective and methods used.…”

Section: Research Gapmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment in the Impact of Transformational Leadership Style on Employee Performance: A Study of Divisional Secretariats in the Jaffna District

Raveendran¹,

Gamage²

2019

IJHRS

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The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effects of organizational commitment on the relationship between transformational leadership style and employees’ job performance in the Divisional Secretariats in Jaffna District. 287 employees were selected for this study. Leadership styles were measured using MLQ Rater Form 5-x, employee performance was measured using job performance Scale and organizational commitment was measured using Organizational Commitment Questionnaire. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to get factor structure and confirmatory factor analysis performed to confirm the validly and reliability of the study instruments. The results revealed that transformational leadership has a positive impact on job performance and on organizational commitment. It was also found that organizational commitment doesn’t have a mediating effect in the impact of transformational leadership on employee performance. The findings also revealed that organizational commitment doesn’t have impact on employee performance. This study recommends that the leaders should pay more attention in their leadership style as a way to improve employee performance. This study further suggests that future researchers should cover larger samples and the other public sector organizations to better understand the relationship between the variables.

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Section: Research Gapmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment in the Impact of Transformational Leadership Style on Employee Performance: A Study of Divisional Secretariats in the Jaffna District

Raveendran¹,

Gamage²

2019

IJHRS

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“…Higher education in developing countries like Iraq is facing rapidly changing challenges that require innovation [5]. Educational markets are becoming increasingly global nowadays, and the ability of the education system in Iraq to reach a global market will depend on changes in the systems, methods, and curricula.…”

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Knowledge Sharing Practices as a Basis of Product Innovation: A Case of Higher Education in Iraq

Al-Husseini¹,

Elbeltagi²

2015

IJSSH

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Abstract-Knowledge is recognised the most significant resource for competitive advantage and the key to enhancing innovation. Knowledge sharing (KS) is considered to be a building block of efficient performance within higher education environments and to play a key role in enhancing the innovation of universities. The aim of this paper is to explore the effect of knowledge sharing on product innovation in Iraqi public higher education institutions. Structural equation modelling (SEM) with AMOS 20 was used, the results found that knowledge sharing play a pivotal role in enhancing product innovation within higher education environment.

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“…Leadership practice has been considered as a major challenge to HEIs in the context of developing leadership in HEIs (e.g. Herbst & Conradie, 2011).…”

Section: Leadership Style and Leadership Practicementioning

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Critical factors affecting leadership: a higher education context

Hassan

Gallear

Sivarajah

2018

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While the importance of leadership in various domains has been highlighted in the extant literature, effective leadership in the context of higher education sector has not been well addressed in the leadership scholarship. There is a need to address the challenge of leadership effectiveness in the education sector including business schools given the failures noticed in the sector attributed to poor quality leadership. There exists a major area of concern that calls for an investigation into this problem and therefore there was a need to explore the factors that affected leadership in the context of higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach: The research is exploratory in nature as the study critically reviewed extant literature surrounding leadership practices specifically from a public-sector context to identify factors affecting leadership effectiveness. Findings: The findings of the study pointed out that regardless of the nation or organisation, leadership effectiveness is a factor that is dependent on how well the followers have accepted the leader. This indicates that amongst the different challenges explored in this study, leadership effectiveness is not only a challenge by itself but is also affected by other challenges including leadership practice and style. Research limitations/implications: This research provides a better understanding of the critical factors affecting leadership practice of deans of business schools and how the styles' influence on leadership practice, the relationship between leadership practice and leadership effectiveness and how leadership style translates into leadership effectiveness. Originality/value: This research contributes to the growing body of knowledge surrounding leadership scholarship from a public-sector context about the challenges that affect leadership effectiveness in the context of HEIs and stimulates further investigation into those challenges.

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Leadership effectiveness in Higher Education: Managerial self-perceptions versus perceptions of others

Cited by 11 publications

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The Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment in the Impact of Transformational Leadership Style on Employee Performance: A Study of Divisional Secretariats in the Jaffna District

The Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment in the Impact of Transformational Leadership Style on Employee Performance: A Study of Divisional Secretariats in the Jaffna District

Knowledge Sharing Practices as a Basis of Product Innovation: A Case of Higher Education in Iraq

Critical factors affecting leadership: a higher education context

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