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

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Leadership Styles and Faculty Satisfaction of the Education College at a Saudi University "
Almutairi, Mohammed Sims, Paul

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1107665
Doc. No	:	TLpq2453077804
Main Entry	:	Almutairi, Mohammed
	:	Sims, Paul
Title & Author	:	Leadership Styles and Faculty Satisfaction of the Education College at a Saudi University\ Almutairi, MohammedSims, Paul
College	:	Concordia University Chicago
Date	:	2019
student score	:	2019
Degree	:	Ph.D.
Page No	:	110
Abstract	:	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.
Subject	:	Educational administration
	:	Educational evaluation
	:	Educational leadership
	:	Educational sociology
	:	Higher education
	:	Pedagogy