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Transformational Leadership and its Relationship with Employee Empowerment in the Palestinian Universities in Gaza Strip

Journal: 
An-Najah University Journal for Research - Humanities - Volume 27, Issue 4, 2013
Start Page: 
733
End Page: 
774
Received: 
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Accepted: 
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Authors: 
Nihaya El-Telbani,
Ramez Bedair &
Ahmed El-Raqeb
Abstract: 

The aim of this research is to explore the relationship between transformational leadership with its four dimensions (Idealized influence, inspirational motivation, Intellectual simulation, individualized consideration) and empowerment in the universities in Gaza. A descriptive analytical approach was used where stratified random sample was selected from the study population of the employees of the universities in Gaza. The main tool for data collection is the survey were (660) questionnaires were distributed to the administrators and the academics in administrative positions and (567) were returned with response rate (85.90%). The research found that empowerment elements and the dimensions of the transformational leadership (Idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual simulation and individualized consideration) do exist in the universities under investigation. The research found a positive relation between dimensions of the transformational leadership and empowerment. The research offered many recommendations such as increasing the attention to the personal and job needs, encouraging the managers  to practice delegation and empowerment in reaching a competitive environment, developing a culture that encourage offering ideas, increasing the training courses for the transformational leader, and concentrating on the behaviors of the dimensions of the transformational leadership to increase staff empowerment.

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