“Impact of leadership styles on innovative performance of female leaders in Pakistani Universities”

Abstract

Leadership plays a significant role in the performance of individuals and organizations. This paper investigates the impact of leadership styles on the innovative performance of female leaders in Pakistani Universities using a survey approach. This paper aimed to (a) discover a leadership style practiced by females and (b) discover the relationship between leadership style and the innovative performance of female leaders. Several female leaders, including faculty members, heads of departments, deans, coordinators, and directors, from public and private universities of Punjab (a province of Pakistan), were involved in this study. A sample of one hundred female leaders was selected using a multistage sampling method. In the first stage, five public and five private sector universities were selected through a simple random method. In the second stage, ten female leaders (five from each of the social science and basic science departments) were selected from each university through a purposive sampling method. The researchers adopted a reliable instrument to collect the survey data. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS (Version 26). Mean scores and Pearson correlation coefficients were used to discover the relationship between various variables. The investigation revealed that most female leaders practice the transactional leadership style in their universities. This study also discovered a moderate positive relationship between both leadership styles, namely transactional and transformational, and innovative performance. The study recommends that various workshops and seminars may be conducted to increase the practices of both leadership styles to enhance innovation in Pakistani Universities.

Leadership and Sustainable Innovation: A Systematic Literature Review

“…China has the most articles in our sample, with five studies (6.5%). South Korea and Pakistan each had 4 studies (4%) on public and private firms integrating sustainable innovation via leadership [37].…”

“…These theories likely stemmed from the era's prominent leaders. In 9 research using the great man idea, most writers found that outstanding leaders are born with distinct abilities that shape the company [37,60].…”

Perilaku dan Budaya Organisasi

“…Adapun hal yang terkait dengan hukuman (punishment), terdapat beberapa penelitian yang menyatakan bahwa punishment berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan (Hanan et al, n.d.) Gaya kepemimpinan turut mempengaruhi praktik sistem reward dan punishment dalam organisasi, seperti kepemimpinan transaksional, mereka mempraktikkan sistem penghargaan dan hukuman untuk menjaga agar pekerja tetap termotivasi untuk jangka pendek, seperti memberikan imbalan pertukaran yang berharga untuk pencapaian tujuan perusahaan (Sarwar et al, 2022).…”

LINKAGES BETWEEN ETHICAL LEADERSHIP, PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT, AND INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIORS IN HEIs

“…Currently, Pakistani universities are actively engaged both in teaching and research activities, although innovation, creativity and commercialization features are not too much convincing (Yousafzai, Khan, & Shah, 2021). In this connection, researchers believe that the developments made in the higher education system of Pakistan can be attributed towards the futurist leadership that has governed the existing higher education system of Pakistan (Tanveer, 2020;Sarwar, Zamir, Fazal, Hong, & Yong, 2022). Some of studies have also documented the impact of ethical leadership in universities of Pakistan Khan, Khan, & Jan, 2021;Sarwar et al, 2022).…”

“…In this connection, researchers believe that the developments made in the higher education system of Pakistan can be attributed towards the futurist leadership that has governed the existing higher education system of Pakistan (Tanveer, 2020;Sarwar, Zamir, Fazal, Hong, & Yong, 2022). Some of studies have also documented the impact of ethical leadership in universities of Pakistan Khan, Khan, & Jan, 2021;Sarwar et al, 2022). However, the impact of leadership (particularly ethical leadership) on recent development in higher education system of Pakistan has not been fully explored and there is an overall paucity of research on linkages between ethical leadership and innovative working behavior in the higher education sector of Pakistan.…”