Transformational Behavior of Department Heads and ICT Integration: Their Impact on the Research Productivity of Faculty Members

Abstract

The effect of department heads' transformational leadership behavior and ICT integration of faculty members on research productivity at Bulacan State University utilized three standardized instruments. The first instrument on transformational leadership is highly reliable as evidenced by the Cronbach's alpha of .91. The second instrument on ICT integration was tested by [6] for its validity and reliability. Meanwhile, the questionnaire on faculty member's research productivity was adapted from [7].The major problem of the study was to appraise the impact of transformational leadership behavior and ICT integration on the research productivity of faculty members at Bulacan State University. The outcomes showed that for every unit increase in holding high performance expectations and providing intellectual stimulation can produce a .356 also .674 growth in faculty members' research efficiency. Factors such as "nature of school leadership", "modeling behavior", "providing individual support", and "strengthening school culture" likewise contributed to faculty members' research production but not to a significant level. The 10.31 F-ration obtained was found crucial with .05 alpha shows that school heads' transformational leadership behavior formed a very substantial set of predictors for the research production of faculty at Bulacan State University.