Yu Xia, Jang Guanwei
Management School, Guangdong University of Science and Technology, Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
Business School, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Jul 23;15:1331597. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1331597. eCollection 2024.
In the new era of higher education focusing on "double first-class" development, private universities in China face significant opportunities and challenges. The success of these institutions is closely linked to effective leadership, particularly transformational leadership, which is known to inspire and motivate employees toward extraordinary achievements. This study explores the existence and impact of transformational leadership on teachers' work performance in Chinese private universities. It aims to fill a research gap regarding the role of transformational leadership in a resource-constrained environment and provide practical insights for enhancing teachers' work performance, thereby contributing to the rapid development of private universities and the realization of "double first-class" goals.
This study employed an input-process-output approach, combining qualitative data from face-to-face interviews with 12 leaders at Guangdong University of Science and Technology and quantitative data from an electronic survey of 392 university teachers. Data were analyzed using SPSS26.0, AMOS24.0, and NVIVO14, including exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, common method bias assessment, and correlation analysis. Structural equation modeling with AMOS24.0 was used to explore the relationship between transformational leadership and teachers' work performance, evaluating the impact of each transformational leadership dimension.
The study findings demonstrated that transformational leadership styles are being employed in Chinese private universities, albeit not extensively, with moderate effects on teachers' work performance. The research identified organizational vision, intellectual stimulation, and personal recognition as significant drivers of enhanced performance among faculty members. Nevertheless, the study did not confirm the impact of supportive leadership, inspiring communication, and moral modeling within the context of Chinese private universities.
The results highlight areas for potential development in leadership practices, including improving teachers' competencies, motivating teachers, providing good work opportunities and environments, and building good teacher teams.
在聚焦“双一流”建设的高等教育新时代，中国民办高校面临重大机遇与挑战。这些院校的成功与有效领导紧密相关，尤其是变革型领导，众所周知，它能激励员工取得非凡成就。本研究探讨变革型领导在中国民办高校教师工作绩效中的存在情况及其影响。旨在填补资源受限环境下变革型领导作用的研究空白，并为提高教师工作绩效提供实践见解，从而推动民办高校快速发展并实现“双一流”目标。
本研究采用输入-过程-输出方法，将对广东科技学院12位领导的面对面访谈的定性数据与对392名高校教师的电子调查的定量数据相结合。使用SPSS26.0、AMOS24.0和NVIVO14对数据进行分析，包括探索性和验证性因素分析、共同方法偏差评估以及相关性分析。使用AMOS24.0进行结构方程建模，以探讨变革型领导与教师工作绩效之间的关系，评估每个变革型领导维度的影响。
研究结果表明，中国民办高校正在采用变革型领导风格，尽管应用并不广泛，对教师工作绩效有中等程度的影响。研究确定组织愿景、智力激发和个人认可为教师绩效提升的重要驱动因素。然而，本研究未证实支持型领导、鼓舞人心的沟通和道德示范在中国民办高校背景下的影响。
结果突出了领导实践中潜在的发展领域，包括提高教师能力、激励教师、提供良好的工作机会和环境以及建设优秀教师团队。
