标题:The Impact of Leadership Styles Used by the Academic Staff in the Jordanian Public Universities on Modifying Students' Behavior: A Field Study in the Northern Region of Jordan
期刊名称:International Journal of Business and Management
印刷版ISSN:1833-3850
电子版ISSN:1833-8119
出版年度:2013
卷号:8
期号:1
页码:1
DOI:10.5539/ijbm.v8n1p1
语种:English
出版社:Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要:This study aims first to identify the leadership style which is used the most by the instructors in the Jordanian universities, and second to examine the impact of three leadership styles (Autocratic, Laissez-Faire and Democratic) on modifying student's behavior. The study population was the students studying at the faculty of economics and administrative sciences in 3 public universities, at the north region of Jordan, a random sample of students were selected. 600 questionnaires were distributed, 570 were analyzed. The results revealed that the academic staffs working at the surveyed universities are using the democratic style. The findings of the simple regression indicated that just the democratic leadership style had an impact on modifying students’ behavior.