Effects of Servant Leadership on Institutional Effectiveness of Public Universities in Ethiopia

Authors

  • Fentahun Bitew Fentahun Mengistu Bitew, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Postcode: 79, Ethiopia
  • Matebe Gedifew Matebe Tafere Gedifew, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Postcode: 79, Ethiopia

Keywords:

Institutional Effectiveness, Public University, Servant Leadership

Abstract

 The aim of this cross-sectional survey study was to investigate the practices, correlations and effects of servant leadership on institutional effectiveness in universities. It attempted to depict the existing practices in relation to the magnitude and gaps of exercising servant leadership and institutional effectiveness in universities. A total of 722 participants consisting of the faculty, department heads, deans, directors and students were involved in providing data via closed-ended questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings showed that servant leadership and institutional effectiveness were demonstrated at ‘moderate’ levels. Besides, Positive and significant relationship was recorded between servant leadership and institutional effectiveness. It was also found that servant leadership has significant predictive power in predicting institutional effectiveness of universities. From this, we may conclude that applying servant leadership in higher education institutions help facilitate institutional effectiveness and gear to university success. Consequently, leaders of higher education institutions are recommended to implant and exercise servant leadership approach vigorously so that they can render the required services and bring about success for their institutions. In addition, researchers are recommended to conduct further longitudinal studies and come up with comprehensive and causative findings to provide better information for decision makers and practitioners. On top of this, the findings of this survey study may signal the contributions of servant leadership to institutional effectiveness of universities, and may kick off investigators carryout similar studies, even in different contexts. 

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2020-06-10

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Bitew, F. ., & Gedifew, M. . (2020). Effects of Servant Leadership on Institutional Effectiveness of Public Universities in Ethiopia. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 52(1), 190–204. Retrieved from https://gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/11310

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