Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Effectiveness Among Educational Managers in Malaysia.

The focus of this study was to investigate the relationship between the workplace spirituality and leadership effectiveness among secondary school principals in Malaysia. A quantitative technique (questionnaires) was used to collect data from 1510 teachers of secondary schools across the four Sta...

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Main Authors: Kanesan Abdullah, Abdul Ghani, Ismail, Aziah, Jamil Alzaidiyeen, Naser
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/11700/
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description The focus of this study was to investigate the relationship between the workplace spirituality and leadership effectiveness among secondary school principals in Malaysia. A quantitative technique (questionnaires) was used to collect data from 1510 teachers of secondary schools across the four States of Northern Peninsular Malaysia, namely, Penang, Kedah, Perlis and Northern Perak. The results of this study indicate that workplace spirituality has an important role to playas an aide to leadership development, as well as leadership effectiveness. The results also confirmed that effective leadership practices could explain significant variance in teachers' satisfaction and commitment as well as departmental performance. These findings are discussed in the light of currently available research literatures and both practical as well as theoretical implications of the study are highlighted. Future qualitative studies are needed to provide deeper insight.
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spelling usm-117002017-03-13T07:59:45Z http://eprints.usm.my/11700/ Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Effectiveness Among Educational Managers in Malaysia. Kanesan Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Ismail, Aziah Jamil Alzaidiyeen, Naser L7-991 Education (General) The focus of this study was to investigate the relationship between the workplace spirituality and leadership effectiveness among secondary school principals in Malaysia. A quantitative technique (questionnaires) was used to collect data from 1510 teachers of secondary schools across the four States of Northern Peninsular Malaysia, namely, Penang, Kedah, Perlis and Northern Perak. The results of this study indicate that workplace spirituality has an important role to playas an aide to leadership development, as well as leadership effectiveness. The results also confirmed that effective leadership practices could explain significant variance in teachers' satisfaction and commitment as well as departmental performance. These findings are discussed in the light of currently available research literatures and both practical as well as theoretical implications of the study are highlighted. Future qualitative studies are needed to provide deeper insight. 2009-02 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/11700/1/Workplaces_Spirituality_and_Leadership_Effectiveness_Among_Educational_Managers_in_Malaysia.pdf Kanesan Abdullah, Abdul Ghani and Ismail, Aziah and Jamil Alzaidiyeen, Naser (2009) Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Effectiveness Among Educational Managers in Malaysia. In: Integrating Spirituality And Organizational Leadership, 9-12 February 2009, Hotel Annamalai International, Pondicherry.
spellingShingle L7-991 Education (General)
Kanesan Abdullah, Abdul Ghani
Ismail, Aziah
Jamil Alzaidiyeen, Naser
Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Effectiveness Among Educational Managers in Malaysia.
title Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Effectiveness Among Educational Managers in Malaysia.
title_full Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Effectiveness Among Educational Managers in Malaysia.
title_fullStr Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Effectiveness Among Educational Managers in Malaysia.
title_full_unstemmed Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Effectiveness Among Educational Managers in Malaysia.
title_short Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Effectiveness Among Educational Managers in Malaysia.
title_sort workplace spirituality and leadership effectiveness among educational managers in malaysia.
topic L7-991 Education (General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/11700/
http://eprints.usm.my/11700/1/Workplaces_Spirituality_and_Leadership_Effectiveness_Among_Educational_Managers_in_Malaysia.pdf