The Degree to which Academic Leaders at Seiyun University Practice Innovative Leadership from Faculty Members Point of View

Abstract

The aim of the research is to identify the degree of innovative leadership practice among academic leaders at Seiyun University from the college teaching staff's point of view. The researcher uses the descriptive survey method represented in a questionnaire consisting of (42) items distributed to a targeted stratified sample of (47) college teaching staff at Seiyun University. Using the statistical program (spss), the results reveal that the degree of innovative leadership practice among academic leaders at Seiyun University from the college teaching staff's point of view obtains an overall arithmetic average (3.01 out of 5), and a practice rating (average).Regarding dimensions; the personal initiatives obtain the highest average(3.15), followed by theproblems with (3.13), then the dimension of perseverance and persistence gets(2.94) and finally the dimension of new ideas achieves(2.83); all of which are (medium). The results also showthat there are no statistically significant differences at thelevel of (α) 0.05 = among the averageresponses of the collegeteaching staff'sestimates at Seiyun University of the degree to which academic leaders practice innovative leadership according to the variables of (gender, academic degree, experience, specialization, workplace). Based on the results, the researcher recommends that academic leaders should work oninnovation to improve the way of working and carrying out the required tasks.