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Relationship between head of department leadership styles and lecturers job satisfactions in Nigerian public universities

The Study, relationship between leadership styles and job satisfaction among the head of department and lecturers of Nigerian public universities is definitely a problem of an accelerating importance towards the higher learning institution within their preparation to complete their mission to become...

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Main Authors: Sakiru, Oladipo Kolapo, Othman, Jamilah, Silong, Abu Daud, Kareem, Salami Dada, Oluwafemi, Awotayo Olagoke, Yusuf, Gafar OLanrewaju
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Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
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spelling my.upm.eprints.533392018-06-01T03:16:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53339/ Relationship between head of department leadership styles and lecturers job satisfactions in Nigerian public universities Sakiru, Oladipo Kolapo Othman, Jamilah Silong, Abu Daud Kareem, Salami Dada Oluwafemi, Awotayo Olagoke Yusuf, Gafar OLanrewaju The Study, relationship between leadership styles and job satisfaction among the head of department and lecturers of Nigerian public universities is definitely a problem of an accelerating importance towards the higher learning institution within their preparation to complete their mission to become a first class university.A highly effective leadership style, along with a reliable labor force appeared to become a decisive importance for any university to have the ability to compete in quality and also to accompany the changes. At the moment, the empirical linkages between the head of department leadership styles and job satisfaction among lecturers in Nigerian public universities aren't fully established by past researchers.Therefore, it is the aim of this study to investigate the relationship between the selected independent variables; leadership styles (transformational, transactional, lasseir-faire) and job satisfaction as the dependent variables, determines the common leadership style that is commonly used by the head of the department, and determines the level of job satisfaction among the lecturers. The research design was descriptive correlational study and data were collected employing questionnaires. The study utilized simple random sampling methods to select 217 lecturers with the response rate of 91.7% from the population of Nigerian lecturers studying at three research universities in Malaysia.The findings showed that lecturers job satisfaction is high and also the descriptive statistics revealed that the most commonly used leadership styles among the head of department of Nigeria public university is transformational leadership styles, with the highest mean of 3.9032. The result obtained from the correlational analyses revealed that there is a significant relationship between leadership styles of the head of department and lecturers job satisfaction in public universities in Nigeria. The present study contributes useful information for educational leaders and researchers in the field of human resource development. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53339/1/Relationship%20between%20head%20of%20department%20leadership%20styles.pdf Sakiru, Oladipo Kolapo and Othman, Jamilah and Silong, Abu Daud and Kareem, Salami Dada and Oluwafemi, Awotayo Olagoke and Yusuf, Gafar OLanrewaju (2014) Relationship between head of department leadership styles and lecturers job satisfactions in Nigerian public universities. Asian Social Science, 10 (6). pp. 138-144. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/34676 10.5539/ass.v10n6p138
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description The Study, relationship between leadership styles and job satisfaction among the head of department and lecturers of Nigerian public universities is definitely a problem of an accelerating importance towards the higher learning institution within their preparation to complete their mission to become a first class university.A highly effective leadership style, along with a reliable labor force appeared to become a decisive importance for any university to have the ability to compete in quality and also to accompany the changes. At the moment, the empirical linkages between the head of department leadership styles and job satisfaction among lecturers in Nigerian public universities aren't fully established by past researchers.Therefore, it is the aim of this study to investigate the relationship between the selected independent variables; leadership styles (transformational, transactional, lasseir-faire) and job satisfaction as the dependent variables, determines the common leadership style that is commonly used by the head of the department, and determines the level of job satisfaction among the lecturers. The research design was descriptive correlational study and data were collected employing questionnaires. The study utilized simple random sampling methods to select 217 lecturers with the response rate of 91.7% from the population of Nigerian lecturers studying at three research universities in Malaysia.The findings showed that lecturers job satisfaction is high and also the descriptive statistics revealed that the most commonly used leadership styles among the head of department of Nigeria public university is transformational leadership styles, with the highest mean of 3.9032. The result obtained from the correlational analyses revealed that there is a significant relationship between leadership styles of the head of department and lecturers job satisfaction in public universities in Nigeria. The present study contributes useful information for educational leaders and researchers in the field of human resource development.
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author Sakiru, Oladipo Kolapo
Othman, Jamilah
Silong, Abu Daud
Kareem, Salami Dada
Oluwafemi, Awotayo Olagoke
Yusuf, Gafar OLanrewaju
spellingShingle Sakiru, Oladipo Kolapo
Othman, Jamilah
Silong, Abu Daud
Kareem, Salami Dada
Oluwafemi, Awotayo Olagoke
Yusuf, Gafar OLanrewaju
Relationship between head of department leadership styles and lecturers job satisfactions in Nigerian public universities
author_facet Sakiru, Oladipo Kolapo
Othman, Jamilah
Silong, Abu Daud
Kareem, Salami Dada
Oluwafemi, Awotayo Olagoke
Yusuf, Gafar OLanrewaju
author_sort Sakiru, Oladipo Kolapo
title Relationship between head of department leadership styles and lecturers job satisfactions in Nigerian public universities
title_short Relationship between head of department leadership styles and lecturers job satisfactions in Nigerian public universities
title_full Relationship between head of department leadership styles and lecturers job satisfactions in Nigerian public universities
title_fullStr Relationship between head of department leadership styles and lecturers job satisfactions in Nigerian public universities
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between head of department leadership styles and lecturers job satisfactions in Nigerian public universities
title_sort relationship between head of department leadership styles and lecturers job satisfactions in nigerian public universities
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53339/1/Relationship%20between%20head%20of%20department%20leadership%20styles.pdf
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