Best practice of ethical leadership among the academic administrators in Islamic tertiary education institution: academic staff’s perceptions
The purpose of the study is to investigate the best practice of Ethical Leadership among the academic administrators in Islamic Tertiary Education Institution as perceived by academic staff. This study is using a validated questionnaire that was developed by Kalshoven, Den Hartog & De Hoogh kn...
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Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA
2014
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/39847/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39847/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39847/1/Journal_-_IJHSSI_-_Ethical_Leadreship_Acad_Staf_Perception_-_Vol_3_Issue_11_Nov_2014_-_G0311043051.pdf |
| Summary: | The purpose of the study is to investigate the best practice of Ethical Leadership among the academic
administrators in Islamic Tertiary Education Institution as perceived by academic staff. This study is using a
validated questionnaire that was developed by Kalshoven, Den Hartog & De Hoogh known as “Ethical
Leadership at Work Questionnaire” (ELW). It is to measure the seven dimensions of ethical leader behaviour
which comprises of ethical leadership scale, namely, fairness, integrity, ethical guidance, people orientation,
power sharing, role clarification and concern for sustainability (Kalshoven, et al., 2011). The study involved
262 academic staffs from several kulliyyahs and centres of the International Islamic University Malaysia
(IIUM), Kuala Lumpur. The data collected from the survey were analysed using the Statistical Package for the
Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0. The result of the study shows that ‘role clarification’ has the highest mean
score of 3.73, followed by ‘integrity’ with mean score 3.60, and, third highest scored practiced by the academic
administrators was ‘concern for sustainability’ with mean 3.42. It is hoped that the findings in this study will
contribute and encourage the tertiary education institution to improve further in its organization especially
which is related to the academic administrators’ practice on ethical leadership behaviour. The impact will be
huge throughout the world as can be seen as a world class university striving towards the vision and mission in
enhancing the quality ummah in the era of globalization. |
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