The Relationship Between Patterns of Leadership Behavior and Patterns of Communication Among Academic Administrators from the Standpoint of the Faculty Members in the Palestinian Universities

This study aimed at finding the relationship between patterns of leadership behavior and patterns of communication among academic administrators from the standpoint of the faculty members in the Palestinian universities, through answering the following questions: 1-What are the patterns of leadership behavior prevailing among academic administrators from the standpoint of the faculty members in the Palestinian universities? 2-What are the prevailing patterns of communication among academic administrators from the view of the faculty members in the Palestinian universities? 3-What is the relationship between patterns of leadership behavior and patterns of communication among academic administrators from the view of the faculty members in the Palestinian universities? 4-Are there any significant statistical mean differences at (a = 0.05) in each of patterns of leadership behavior and patterns of communication among academic administrators from the view of the faculty members in the Palestinian universities attributed to variables of (sex, scientific qualification, practical experience, and university). A sample of (400) faculty members in the Palestinian universities members representing 26.4% of the study population was selected from An-Najah National University, Beir Zeit University, BethLehem University , Hebron University, and the Arab American university. The researcher used two questionnaires for this purpose ; one of them was used to measure patterns of leadership behavior , the questionnaire was developed by the researcher Alasili (1999), and used by the researcher Abdel Rahman (2001), it has been modified and developed to suit the current study , it is composed of (39) statements distributed on three patterns : ( dictatorship pattern , democratic pattern, allowance pattern). The second questionnaire was used to measure to measure patterns of communication, it was developed and used by the researcher Ahmed (1997) and it has been developed and modified to suit the current study, it is composed of (55) statements distributed on four fields: (pattern of written communication, pattern of oral communication, pattern of communication upon its trends (methods), and pattern of communication through symbols, movements and expressions). The two questionnaire were checked and proved to have a good degree of validity and reliability. The results showed that the pattern of democratic leadership is prevailing among the academic administrators in the Palestinian universities, followed by the dictatorial pattern , then the lasiar far pattern .And regarding the patterns of communication ,the results indicated that the pattern of communication through symbols, movements and expressions is the prevailing pattern among the academic administrators in Palestinian universities followed the pattern of verbal communication then the pattern of written communication, and finally the pattern of communication upon its trends (methods). The results showed that there were no significant statistical mean differences at (a = 0.05) in each of patterns of leadership behavior and patterns of communication among academic administrators from the view of the faculty members in the Palestinian universities attributed to variables of (sex, scientific qualification, practical experience). And there were significant statistical differences at (a = 0.05) in each of patterns of leadership behavior and patterns of communication among academic administrators from the view of the faculty members in the Palestinian universities attributed to variable of university. The results also showed that there were a correlation between the patterns of leadership behavior and patterns of communication among academic administrators in the Palestinian universities, and the democratic pattern was the highest in correlation between patterns of leadership.