Leadership style and learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities

Leadership style and learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities

The main purpose of this study is to identify the most influenced factor between two leadership styles, either transformational leadership or transactional leadership, on learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities. Other objectives in this study also include to exami...

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Main Author: Che Mohd Syaharuddin, Che Cob
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Leadership style and learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities
description The main purpose of this study is to identify the most influenced factor between two leadership styles, either transformational leadership or transactional leadership, on learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities. Other objectives in this study also include to examine the relationships between transformational leadership, transactional leadership and learner autonomy; and to examine the underlying demographic factors such as gender, age and education level that could influence learner autonomy. Data was collected through a survey of 267 respondents using the approach of quantitative research methods. Analysis of the quantitative data suggests that transformational leadership and transactional leadership are significantly associated with learner autonomy. While, transactional leadership is most significantly associated with learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities. The results also showed that demographic factors such as gender, age and education level do not have any significance on learner autonomy
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title_short Leadership style and learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities
title_full Leadership style and learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities
title_fullStr Leadership style and learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities
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spelling my-uum-etd.50682022-04-10T02:48:40Z Leadership style and learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities 2013 Che Mohd Syaharuddin, Che Cob Darus, Amer Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management The main purpose of this study is to identify the most influenced factor between two leadership styles, either transformational leadership or transactional leadership, on learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities. Other objectives in this study also include to examine the relationships between transformational leadership, transactional leadership and learner autonomy; and to examine the underlying demographic factors such as gender, age and education level that could influence learner autonomy. Data was collected through a survey of 267 respondents using the approach of quantitative research methods. Analysis of the quantitative data suggests that transformational leadership and transactional leadership are significantly associated with learner autonomy. While, transactional leadership is most significantly associated with learner autonomy among non-academic staff in Malaysian public universities. The results also showed that demographic factors such as gender, age and education level do not have any significance on learner autonomy 2013 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/5068/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/5068/1/s808822.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/5068/2/s808822_abstract.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abu, M.S and Tasir, Z. (2001). Pengenalan kepada analisis data berkomputer SPSS 1.0 dor Windows. Kuala Lumpur: Venton Publishing. Bandura, A. (1978). The self system in reciprocal determinism. American Psychologist, 33, 344-358 Bandura A. (1982) Self efficacy mechanism in human agency. American Psycholgist., 37(2); 122; 147. 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