Influence of academic leadership on organizational commitment of faculty members in private sector universities: mediating role of work engagement
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to investigate the impact of academic leadership on the organizational commitment of faculty members in private universities in Punjab. Work engagement was examined as a mediator, and co-worker support was considered as a moderator.
Design/methodology/approach
The study used a quantitative, cross-sectional approach with convenience sampling. Regression and correlation analyses were used for hypothesis testing. Social exchange theory guided the exploration of academic leadership’s impact on faculty members’ organizational commitment.
Findings
Results of the current study indicated a positive and significant effect of academic leadership on organizational commitment. Work engagement was identified as a partial mediator in this relationship. However, co-worker support was found to be an insignificant moderator, indicating no substantial influence on the relationship between academic leadership and work engagement among faculty members in private-sector universities.
Originality/value
The similarity of the paper is less than 18%.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: No funding was received to assist with the preparation of this manuscript.
Conflicts of interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
Author contributions: Umer Yaseen: conceptualization, data curation, methodology and writing – original draft. Rana Nadir Idrees: concept, data collection, data handling. Muhammad Haseeb Shakil: corresponding author, data handling, refining the concept and data analysis. Sayyed Zaman Haider: writing the final draft, refining the writing. Junaid Khalil: refining and proofreading the final draft.
Institutional review board statement: The authors do not have any personal or financial interests that affect this study’s findings and reported work. This research does not involve any human or animal testing.
Informed consent statement: Not applicable.
Data availability statement: Data is available on request.
Citation
Yaseen, U., Idrees, R.N., Shakil, M.H., Haider, S.Z. and Khalil, J. (2024), "Influence of academic leadership on organizational commitment of faculty members in private sector universities: mediating role of work engagement", Quality Assurance in Education, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-04-2024-0072
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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