Academics Transformational Leadership: An Investigation of Heads of Department Leadership Behaviours in Malaysian Public Universities

Autor/inn/en	Tahir, Lokman; Abdullah, Tina; Ali, Fadzli; Daud, Khadijah
Titel	Academics Transformational Leadership: An Investigation of Heads of Department Leadership Behaviours in Malaysian Public Universities
Quelle	In: Educational Studies, 40 (2014) 5, S.473-495 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-5698
DOI	10.1080/03055698.2014.932272
Schlagwörter	Transformational Leadership; Public Colleges; Department Heads; Leadership Styles; Administrator Behavior; Investigations; Organizational Development; Teacher Surveys; College Faculty; Leadership Role; Leadership Responsibility; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Demography; Predictor Variables; Factor Analysis; Likert Scales; Regression (Statistics); Foreign Countries; Malaysia; Leadership Practices Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Führungsstil; Untersuchung; Organisationsentwicklung; Fakultät; Demografie; Prädiktor; Faktorenanalyse; Likert-Skala; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Ausland
Abstract	Presently, the role and the function of universities in Malaysia have been described as being in a state of change. Several strategies have been adopted to assist in the re-branding of higher institutions of learning. As a consequence, an effective model of leadership practices, particularly at the Malaysian academic departmental level, has to be generated in order to replace the traditional leadership practices in meeting the national aspirations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between department heads' leadership behaviour with academics' organisational commitment. Survey responses from 430 academics from Malaysian public universities were received and analysed. The main finding of this study reveals that the adoption of encouraging leadership behaviour (Kouzes and Posner's Transformational Leadership) shows a 55% direct positive relationship with academics' organisational commitment, with demographical factors playing no role as a moderator with either variable. This reinforces the rationalisation for adopting the model within the Malaysian academic setting, where department heads should indeed lead the academic organisation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10