ERIC Number: EJ1437595
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1537-873X
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The Link between Academic Leaders' Transformational Leadership and Staff Job Satisfaction in Polytechnic Colleges of Ethiopia
Milion Bekele Degef; Befekadu Zeleke Kidane
Educational Planning, v31 n3 p23-37 2024
This study investigates the relationship between the transformational leadership of academic leaders and the job satisfaction of academic staff in polytechnic colleges located in the North Shewa Zone of Ethiopia. This study used a correlational research design and simple random sampling techniques to select 264 academic staff members. Respondents completed a rating version of the multifactor leadership questionnaire and a job satisfaction survey. Data analysis uses descriptive and inferential statistics like Pearson correlation and linear regression. The study found that transformational leadership was found to positively correlate with and predict academic staff job satisfaction, though it was weak. The findings also revealed that academic staff was dissatisfied with their jobs, despite perceiving their leaders as having a moderate degree of attributes of transformational leadership style. Educational planners can use the findings to transform administrative and academic leaders' leadership programs. Leadership training boosts academic staff morale and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction also improves staff retention and minimizes turnover. Thus, academic leaders should grow themselves and seek opportunities to improve their transformational leadership skills. To better understand the leadership style elements that have the greatest impact on job satisfaction, further research is necessary due to the limited variability or unexplained variance in the ability of transformational leadership styles to predict job satisfaction. Further investigation is also needed to explore the mediating factors that impact the link between two variables in an Ethiopian context.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Institutes, Trainers, Transformational Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Leadership Effectiveness, Labor Turnover, Leadership Styles
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ethiopia
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