Spirituality and Transformational Leadership in Education

Riaz, Omar

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“…Riaz in a study to investigate the association between school principals' spirituality and their transformational leadership behavior used SWBS for measuring spirituality and MLQ Form-5X Short to measure transformational leadership style. The results of his study showed that only two subscales of transformational leadership style, including idealized influence (behaviors) and inspirational motivation, had significant associations with spirituality (46). However, in the present study, all dimensions of transformational leadership style had positive and significant correlations with the managers' spirituality at work.…”

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Managers' Spirituality at Work and Transformational Leadership Style in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2012

Ghorbanian

Vatankhah

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Background:In today's changing and uncertain environment, there is a need for transformational leaders. Besides, due to lack of effective leaders in organizations, identifying factors influencing managers to act as transformational managers is very important. Spirituality is one of the factors, which cause managers to act as transformational managers. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between managers' spirituality at work and their leadership styles in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran in 2012. Materials and Methods:This was an applied, cross-sectional and descriptive-analytic study conducted on all managers at different levels (n = 44) and a sample of 74 employees of the Vice Chancellor of Management Development and Resource Planning of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran in 2012. Data was collected using two questionnaires evaluating managers' leadership styles and their spirituality at work. Collected data was analyzed using SPSS 16.0 by Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Linear Regression (Stepwise method). P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: There were positive and significant correlations between transformational leadership style and managers' spirituality at work (r = 0.364, P < 0.001) and between transformational leadership style and all dimensions of managers' spirituality at work (P < 0.05). Multiple Linear Regression showed that among the dimensions of managers' spirituality at work, only interpersonal communication had a significant effect on using transformational leadership style by managers (P = 0.001). Conclusions: If managers' spirituality at work, especially interpersonal communication skills improves, their use of transformational leadership would be increased. Therefore, it seems necessary to employ individuals with great interpersonal communication skills and good communication with other people and colleagues, teams, formal and informal organizations as managers. Furthermore, it is recommended to continuously improve managers' communication skills to enable them to act as transformational managers.

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Managers' Spirituality at Work and Transformational Leadership Style in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2012

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“…Such servants may never predominate or even be numerous; but their influence may form a leaven that makes possible a reasonably civilized society (quoted from Riaz, 2012).…”

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“…If a better society is to be built, one more just and more caring and providing opportunity for people to grow, the most effective and economical way, while supportive of the social order, is to raise the performance as servant of as many institutions as possible by new voluntary regenerative forces initiated within them by committed individuals, servants. Such servants may never predominate or even be numerous; but their influence may form a leaven that makes possible a reasonably civilized society (quoted from Riaz, 2012).…”

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The relationship between elementary school principals’ transformational leadership and spiritual well-being

Mehdınezhad¹,

Nouri

2016

Management in Education

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The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between transformational leadership and spiritual well-being among elementary school principals. A correlational research or ex post facto method was used in this study. The sample population comprised 141 subjects, of which 69 were male and 72 were female. Bass and Avolio's Transformational Leadership Questionnaires and Ellison's Spiritual Well-Being Scale were used. The results obtained indicated that the assessment of domains related to transformational leadership style would show, relatively, the importance of a 'without intervention' leadership style; however, values for passive avoidant leadership, management-by-exception and contingent reward were greater than the other dimensions used. There was a positive correlation between spiritual well-being and its dimensions, as well as transformational leadership and its dimensions, excluding the religious dimension and intellectual stimulation, contingent reward, management-by-exception and passive avoidant leadership, and between dimensional being and leadership without intervention in other dimensions (though low). The results of this study also showed that the spiritual well-being dimension can predict 12.7% of the behavior of transformational leadership of principals.

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“…ORP'de katılımcılar öğretmenlik mesleğinin kutsallığının farkında olduklarını belirtmiş, akademik ve sosyo-ekonomik açıdan zor okullarda görev yaparken daha fazla emek harcadıklarını ve motivasyon kaynağı olarak sadece bir öğrencinin bile hayatına dokunmanın yeterli olduğunu ifade etmişlerdir. Aslında okul liderliğinin ruhsal boyutunu anlamak, mesleğine kendini adamış öğretmenleri daha fazla motive etmektedir (Riaz, 2012).…”

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Okullarda İşyeri̇ Ruhsalliği Geli̇şi̇mi̇ Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r İnceleme

Göçen¹,

Özğan²

2018

Elektronik Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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ÖzBu çalışmanın amacı, öğretmenlerin ruhsallık, benlik ve örgütsel değer algıları, işte aşkınlık ve anlam bilincini artırmaya yönelik oluşturulan Okul Ruhsallık Programı (ORP) hakkındaki görüşlerini belirlemektir. ORP temel olarak "Tanışma, İşyeri Ruhsallığı, Anlamlı İş, Aşkınlık, Özalgı ve Örgütsel Değerler" oturumlarından oluşmakta ve 6 hafta sürmektedir. Çalışma kapsamında 2016-2017 eğitim yılında işyeri ruhsallığı odaklı ORP'ye katılan 19 kişi ile yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Katılımcıların işyeri ruhsallık programına ilişkin görüşleri içerik analizinden sonra temalar halinde sunulmuştur. ORP'nin etkililiğine ilişkin yapılan nitel görüşmeler sonucunda programın "Hayat, Okul İçi İlişkiler, Özbenlik, Amaçlar, Anlam" temalarında öğretmenler açısından olumlu etkilere yol açtığı görülmüştür. ORP sonunda bu beş alanda etkiler belirten öğretmenler, eğitim programını faydalı bulduklarını, programın hayatlarına farkındalık kattığını, işlerine yeni bir bakış açısı yüklediğini ve işe odaklanmada artış sağladığını belirtmiştir. Katılımcılar ayrıca programda ruhsal olgular ile daha derinden tanıştıklarını, kendilerini daha iyi tanıdıklarını ve okul çalışmalarında ve ilişkilerinde amaç bütünlüğü, gerçek anlam bilinci kazandıklarını ifade etmişlerdir.Anahtar Kelimeler: İşyeri Ruhsallığı, Okul Ruhsallık Programı, Örgütsel Gelişim, Anlamlı İş, Öğretmen AbstractThe purpose of this study is to determine the opinions of teachers about the School Spirituality Program (SSP), designed to increase their spirituality level, perceptions of self and organizational values, and sense of transcendence and meaning at work. SSP is mainly composed of the sessions titled "Getting to Know," "Workplace Spirituality," "Meaningful Work," "Transcendence," "Self-Identity," and "Organizational Values" and lasts six weeks. Within the study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 participants on workplace spirituality-based SSP in the academic year of 2016-2017. The participants' opinions about the workplace spirituality program were presented in themes after the content analysis. In qualitative discussions on the effectiveness of SSP, it was seen that the program positively affected the teachers in themes of "Life," "School Relations," "Self-Identity," "Goals," and "Meaning." At the end of the SSP, the teachers noted an impact on these five areas and indicated that they found the training program useful; it raised awareness in their lives, provided a new perspective and an increasing focus on their work. They also expressed that they learned more deeply about spiritual phenomena, got to know more about themselves, and acquired integrity of purpose and a real awareness of meaning in their schoolwork and relationships.

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Spirituality and Transformational Leadership in Education

Cited by 12 publications

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Managers' Spirituality at Work and Transformational Leadership Style in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2012

Managers' Spirituality at Work and Transformational Leadership Style in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2012

The relationship between elementary school principals’ transformational leadership and spiritual well-being

Okullarda İşyeri̇ Ruhsalliği Geli̇şi̇mi̇ Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r İnceleme

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