عنوان

Leadership Styles and Faculty Satisfaction of the Education College at a Saudi University

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TLpq2453077804

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Leadership Styles and Faculty Satisfaction of the Education College at a Saudi University

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Almutairi, Mohammed

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Sims, Paul

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Concordia University Chicago

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

110

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

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Concordia University Chicago

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2019

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The goal of this research paper is to analyze the association between the leadership styles of administrators and the job satisfaction of the faculty in the education college at a Saudi Arabian university and how well they perform as a result of positive or negative job satisfaction. The research studies and explores the different styles of leadership, transformational, transactional and passive leadership, which along with the behavior of the administration towards the faculty ensure that the performance of the faculty improves which results in the better performance of the university and the students. The Education College at this university is found to be employing 312 full-time faculty members who were the focus of this study. The information on the topic of the research was gathered through quantitative methods and survey questionnaires and the target participants of the research including professors, instructors, lecturers, assistant and associate professors makes up the sampling frame. The types of leadership styles and role of leadership styles in promoting better performance through job satisfaction of the faculty staff was studied through using the Path Goal Theory (1971), to understand the concepts and other factors more clearly and be able to find a conclusion on which leadership style is suitable for faculty satisfaction of the Education College. The results of the study show that the transactional style of leadership is best suited for this Saudi university administrators, as it increases job satisfaction the most by having rewards and punishments given to the staff on their performance, allowing the faculty members to better cope with challenges and work more efficiently.

Educational administration

Educational evaluation

Educational leadership

Educational sociology

Higher education

Pedagogy

Almutairi, Mohammed

Sims, Paul

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[Thesis]

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