Transformation leadership for presidents of the scientific departments and her relationship with organizational performance

Abstract

The present research aims to identify the level of transformational leadership among the heads of scientific departments in the College of Education Ibn al-Haytham and its relationship to the college organizational performance. The research population was selected from the faculty members, numbering 458 members, from which a random sample consisting of (100) members was selected. The study required the use of two research tools: transformational leadership scale and organizational performance scale. The researchers adopted the scale developed by (Al-Talbani et al., 2013) to measure the dimensions of transformational leadership. Modifications were made to the scale after presenting it to experts so that it is more appropriate to the study sample and objectives. Then, the validity and reliability were calculated. The transformational leadership scale consisted of 26 items distributed over the following dimensions: charismatic ideal influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individual considerations. The answer was on a five-point Likert scale (strongly agree - agree - neutral - disagree - strongly disagree), taking the grades (1-2-3-4-5), respectively.  The researchers prepared an organizational performance scale consisting of 20 items distributed over the following dimensions: financial dimension, customer dimension, dimension of the institution’s internal operations, and learning and growth dimension. The answer was on a Likert scale (strongly agree - agree - neutral - disagree - strongly disagree) taking the degrees (1-2-3-4-5), respectively. The validity and reliability indicators of the scale were verified. The study concluded that the heads of scientific departments in the College of Education Ibn al-Haytham possess a good level of transformational leadership and that the college has good organizational performance. Moreover, there is a positive and statistically significant correlation between transformational leadership among heads of scientific departments and organizational performance. Based on the results of the present research, the researcher reached conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions.