An Empirical Assessment of Transformational Leadership in Institutions of Higher Learning
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https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2018.7.1.1300Keywords:
Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Academic and Nonacademic staff, Universities, IndiaAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine the perception of employees towards transformational leadership prevailing in sample select universities. The respondents in this study comprise of 169 teaching and 97 non- teaching staff selected from four universities of North India. Multi factor Leadership questionnaire (MLQ- 5x) developed by bass and Avolio (1995) was employed to gather the responses from the respondents. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study revealed that there prevails a favorable perception among employees regarding transformational leadership practices. Teaching staff have showed higher satisfaction towards existing transformational leadership practices as compared to non-teaching staff. The study suggests that academicians and policy makers must promote transformational leadership style in order to improve employee delivery and enhance institutional performance in sample select universities.
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