Leadership Styles of Academic Deans and Department Heads: University Dons' Perspectives on How They Affect Their Job Satisfaction

Autor/in	Mgaiwa, Samson John
Titel	Leadership Styles of Academic Deans and Department Heads: University Dons' Perspectives on How They Affect Their Job Satisfaction
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Management, 37 (2023) 5, S.1088-1103 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mgaiwa, Samson John)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-354X
DOI	10.1108/IJEM-09-2022-0367
Schlagwörter	Deans; Department Heads; Leadership Styles; Job Satisfaction; Administrator Attitudes; College Administration; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Tanzania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dean; Dekan; Führungsstil; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland; Tansania
Abstract	Purpose: Leadership has been recognised as a critical factor for employees' job satisfaction. However, much remains to be learned about how university academics who work in developing country contexts perceive their head of departments (HoDs) and deans' leadership styles and how such leadership styles influence their job satisfaction. Therefore, extending earlier research on higher education leadership, this study was pioneered to examine deans' and heads of departments' leadership styles and how such leadership styles influenced their job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed an exploratory research design to draw on data from in-depth interviews with university academics sourced from two private and two public universities. Participants constituted fifteen academics (N = 15) from the studied universities. The collected data from interviews were transcribed verbatim and subjected to thematic analysis. Findings: The findings revealed that overall, academics perceived their HoDs and deans as employing both transformational and transactional leadership styles. As such, both styles of leadership influenced academics' job satisfaction in diverse ways although the transformational leadership style appeared to be the most dominant in influencing academics' job satisfaction. Practical implications: The article highlights the need for university managers (i.e. heads of departments and deans) to flexibly employ preferred leadership styles to achieve job satisfaction among academics. Originality/value: From the theoretical point of view, this article contributes to expanding the earlier research by showing how academics' perceptions of leadership styles employed by their academic leaders shape their job satisfaction. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01