RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC LEADERS' CAPABILITIES AND FACULTY STAFF WORK ENGAGEMENT

Abstract

Leaders' capabilities have positive impact on employees' behaviors and engagement that lead to several benefits, including increased productivity, improved individual and organizational performance, and heightened organizational commitment. Aim: The present study aimed to examine the relationship between academic leaders' capabilities and staff work engagement. Design: Descriptive correctional design was utilized in this study. Setting: The present study was carried out in a Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University. Sample: Convenient sample of 103 academic staff who was working in different departments constituted the study sample Tools: Two tools were adopted and used for data collection: Global Executive Leadership Inventory (GELI) was designed to measure leadership capabilities and job engagement questionnaire to measure the staff engagement job of the faculty. Results: Showed that, faculty staff had high perception of their leaders' capabilities as well as their work engagement. The main academic leaders' capabilities as perceived by faculty staff were visioning, emotional intelligence followed by Team building. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between academic leaders' capabilities and faculty staff work engagement. Recommendations: The leaders' capabilities could be assessed during manager selection processes to ensure that those recruited are promoted into management positions and leaders need to develop strategies to deal with the need of those faculty staff that were unengaged in their work.