Open AccessThe relation between transformational leadership dimensions and administrative innovation from the point of view of faculty members at Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University.
Author(s) -
Yumna Atoum
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
maǧalaẗ ǧameʼaẗ al-malīk abdul aziz. al-adab wa al-uʼlum al-īnsaniaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1319-0989
DOI - 10.4197/art.26-2.10
Subject(s) - transformational leadership , relation (database) , psychology , sample (material) , point (geometry) , work experience , work (physics) , medical education , management , sociology , public relations , political science , engineering , social psychology , computer science , medicine , mathematics , geometry , economics , mechanical engineering , chemistry , chromatography , database
This study aimed to identify the relation between transformational leadership dimensions and administrative innovation from the point of view of faculty members at Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University. The study is important to reveal this relation to promote the practice of transformational leadership and its role in creating an appropriate environment for administrative innovation at universities. To achieve this objective a questionnaire was prepared for data collection and given to a random sample, (225) people, for the academic year 2017/2018. The results showed that: - There is a statistically significant positive relation between the dimensions of leadership, and administrative innovation among heads of department. - The absence of statistical differences (?= 0.05) attributed to the impact of gender and scientific qualification in all aspects of transformational leadership except for the field of motivation in the gender variable in favor of females and M.A holders. - The presence of statistical differences (?= 0.05) for the variable experience and the differences came in favor of the years of experience between (5 to 10 years) in the motivation of inspiration and in the administrative innovation The study recommended increasing awareness among HODS of the importance of adopting the method of transformational leadership as a modern and effective leadership method at universities and its reflection on the administrative innovation of faculty members by holding specialized training courses for HODS, encouraging them to present new ideas for work methods, and completing the work in through developing method.