Jinga Abreham Amalo, Oumer Hussen Jeilu, Gezahagn Negash Habtamu, Bezabih Estifanos Ashebir
College of Education and Behavioral Science, Department of Educational Planning and Management, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
College of Behavioral Science and Humanities, Department of Educational Planning and Management, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Heliyon. 2024 Sep 1;10(19):e37149. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37149. eCollection 2024 Oct 15.
The study explored the impact of leadership behavior on organizational change management process in selected public Universities in Ethiopia. The authors utilized a concurrent mixed Triangulation design, combining quantitative and qualitative methods. The Quantitative data collected from 581 questionnaires were distributed to 379 academic staff and 202 academic leaders. Besides, qualitative data was collected from 12 top management bodies and 48 student representatives by using interviews and focus group discussions respectively. This ensured that a representative sample was obtained from the target population. The researchers used mean, standard deviation, independent sample -test, correlation and regression to analyze and interpret the data collected. The study findings revealed a positive and significant impact of autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, and transactional leadership behaviors on organizational change management process. However, there was a negative and significant impact of transformational leadership behavior on organizational change management process. Indeed, the study identified significant differences in the perceptions of leadership behaviors and organizational change management between academic staff and academic leaders. Based on the study findings, the authors recommended that leaders in public Universities customize and apply the identified positive leadership behaviors (autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, and transactional) to effectively manage organizational change.
该研究探讨了领导行为对埃塞俄比亚部分公立大学组织变革管理过程的影响。作者采用了并发混合三角测量设计，将定量和定性方法相结合。从581份问卷中收集的定量数据分发给了379名学术人员和202名学术领导。此外，定性数据分别通过访谈和焦点小组讨论从12个高层管理机构和48名学生代表处收集。这确保了从目标人群中获得具有代表性的样本。研究人员使用均值、标准差、独立样本t检验、相关性和回归分析来分析和解释所收集的数据。研究结果表明，专制型、民主型、放任型和交易型领导行为对组织变革管理过程有积极且显著的影响。然而，变革型领导行为对组织变革管理过程有消极且显著的影响。事实上，该研究发现学术人员和学术领导在领导行为和组织变革管理的认知上存在显著差异。基于研究结果，作者建议公立大学的领导定制并应用已确定的积极领导行为（专制型、民主型放任型和交易型），以有效管理组织变革。
