The Impact of Virtuous Leadership in Organizational Excellence as Perceived by the Academic Staff at Mutah University

Rula Hani AlHalaseh, Waleed Eid Alrawadyeh

Abstract


Abstract

 Organizations today are experiencing the challenges of uncertainty and accelerating change in the work environment, as managers of higher education institutions are obligated to adopt virtuous behavior to produce the desired institutional excellence. This study aimed to demonstrate the impact of virtuous leadership on institutional excellence, and the level of virtuous leadership elements as well as the existence of institutional excellence aspects at Mutah University. The study considered Optimism, forgiveness, trust, compassion, and integrity as the virtuous elements that predict organizational excellence as well it considered the dimensions of organizational excellence represented by leadership, partnership and resources, people management, policy and strategy, process management. This study was applied to a sample of 384 faculty members at Mutah University, to illustrate the effect of virtuous leadership on achieving organizational excellence in a higher education institution in Jordan.The importance of the study stems from the fact that few studies dealt with organizational excellence in institutions of higher education with regard to the concept of virtue. The study found that there is a statistically significant impact of the virtuous leadership on institutional excellence in general, and the faculty members at Mutah University perceive that the virtue is trust, compassion, and integrity among university leaders.

 

 

 

 

أثر القيادة الفاضلة في التميز المؤسسي كما يراه أعضاء هيئة التدريس بجامعة مؤتة

 

ملخص

تعيش المنظمات في وقتنا الحاضر تحديات عدم التأكد والتغير المتسارع في البيئة، حيث يجد مديرو المؤسسات التعليمية العليا ضرورة اتباع السلوك الفاضل لإنتاج التميز المؤسسي المرغوب فيه. لذا هدفت هذه الدراسة لبيان أثر القيادة الفاضلة في التميز المؤسسي، وما هو مستوى وجود عناصر القيادة الفاضلة وكذلك مدى وجود جوانب التميز المؤسسي في جامعة مؤته. وقد استخدام التفاؤل والتسامح والثقة والرحمة والنزاهة كعناصر فاضلة للتنبؤ بالتميز التنظيمي. أيضًا ، تم دراسة عناصر القيادة الفاضلة للتنبؤ بكل بُعد من جوانب التميز المؤسسي مثل (القيادة والشراكة والموارد وإدارة الأفراد والسياسة والاستراتيجية وإدارة العمليات). طبقت هذه الدراسة على عينة مكونة من 384 عضو هيئة تدريس في جامعة مؤتة ، لتوضيح تأثير القيادة الفاضلة في تحقيق التميز التنظيمي في إحدى  مؤسسات التعليم العالي في الأردن. تبرز أهمية الدراسة من حقيقة أن قلة من الدراسات تناولت التميز التنظيمي في مؤسسات التعليم العالي فيما يتعلق بمفهوم الفضيلة. وقد توصلت الدراسة الى وجود أثر ذي دلالة احصائية للقيادة الفاضلة في التميز المؤسسي بشكل عام، كما يدرك أعضاء هيئة التدريس في جامعة مؤتة أن الفضيلة هي الثقة والرحمة والنزاهة لدى قادة الجامعة.

 


Keywords


Organizational Excellence, Virtuous, Leadership, Higher Education Institutions. التميز المؤسسي، السلوك الفاضل، القيادة، مؤسسات التعليم العالي

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.35682/1125

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