Visionary leadership and its relationship to participation in decision-making among heads of academic departments in private Jordanian universities from the viewpoint of faculty members

Authors

Esra’a Ziad Al-Haymouni, Middle East University-JordanFollow
Ali Hussein Houriah, Middle East University-JordanFollow

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the level of visionary leadership and its relationship to participation in decision-making among the heads of academic departments in private Jordanian universities from the point of view of the faculty members. The study used the descriptive correlative method, and a questionnaire was developed that included (60) paragraphs distributed in to six domains. The study sample consisted of (278) faculty members from private Jordanian universities in Amman, who were chosen randomly. The results of the study showed that the level of visionary leadership and participation in decision-making among the heads of academic departments in private Jordanian universities from Perspective of the faculty members was high. The study also found a positive correlation indicating that the higher the level of visionary leadership, the higher the level of participation in decision-making and vice versa. The study recommended that senior leaders in Jordanian universities should realize the importance of visionary leadership and participation in decision-making. And it is necessary to strengthen the reliance on the visionary leadership style in universities in order to increase the level of participation in decision-making in them. It also recommended the need to invest in the positive relationship between the level of visionary leadership and participation in decision-making

Recommended Citation

Al-Haymouni, Esra’a Ziad and Houriah, Ali Hussein (2022) "Visionary leadership and its relationship to participation in decision-making among heads of academic departments in private Jordanian universities from the viewpoint of faculty members," Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education (مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية (للبحوث في التعليم العالي: Vol. 42: Iss. 2, Article 12.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jaaru_rhe/vol42/iss2/12