The effect of the Leadership in Higher Educational institutions

Abstract

Purpose -The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of the leadership styles followed by deans, vice-deans and chairmen of scientific department councils to on levels of job satisfaction among academics.Design/methodology/approach -For the purposes of the study, only three leadership styles are examined (transactional, transformational and laissezfaire leadership styles) to test their impact on job satisfaction among 311 academic staff member from 7 of private universities in Egypt during the 1 st semester of the academic year of 2022/2023. Both the Pearson correlations and the multiple linear regressions are used to achieve the research objectives. Findings -The results approved that the job satisfaction of academic staff members in the higher educational institutions under study is influenced positively by transformational leadership style (Sig= 0.000) and negatively by the both of transactional leadership (Sig= 0.191) and laissez-faire leadership style (Sig= 0.453).Research limitations/implications -The findings were related to only 7 private higher educational institutions in Egypt and belongs the impact of only 3 leadership styles (transactional, transformational and laissez-faire leadership styles).The effect of the Leadership in Higher Educational institutions 960 Originality/value -The assessment of job satisfaction levels aren't easy because of their intangible nature. Therefore, this research offering useful findings those help in supporting academic institutions in raising satisfaction levels of their academic staff members through improving the transformational leadership style and reducing the application of the transformational and the laissez-faire leadership styles.