Behaviours of the Effective Leadership in Universities: Findings of a Meta-Analysis Study

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Abstract:The purposes of this study are to investigate what sorts of leadership behaviours, and how leaders contribute to the successful universities in many countries. The investigation was accomplished using a simple meta-analysis model. Based on several research studies and literature reviews, the findings indicated a range of leadership styles have been applied in many universities in Europe U.S., and Asia. The effective leadership behaviours for the global context, however, were dominantly found in universities lead under transformational process. This style is practiced since it fits to deal with the changing and competitive environment. The executives, thus, have to be furnished with reputable competencies to implement this model. Future studies are suggested to concern more on personality traits as they are key elements in developing the individual leadership capacities.

Predicting the outcomes of servant leadership in Indonesian Christian higher education: Direct and indirect effects

“…By emphasizing empowering others, collective engagement, and collaboration, it is an effective leadership practice to control unexpected adaptation challenges such as those posed by the coronavirus pandemic (Fernandez and Shaw, 2020). Servant leadership is a human-oriented leadership style (Dami et al, 2022)-servant leaders develop a vision, lead members of their institutions, carry out managerial functions, manage resources, and provide professional development for their members to improve the organizational climate (Burhanuddin, 2017(Burhanuddin, , 2018.…”