Abstract: In a competitive environment that we have, management and leadership need to define success and ensure that performance is geared to achieving it. The State Universities are not exempted to these realities. Recognizing that numerous researches has been done most especially in other countries, but is rather scarce in the country prompted the researcher to conduct a study that determines if the attainment of positive organizational culture is related to leadership styles. Further, this study aims to determine the most appropriate leadership style for a state university. The study involved 22 deans of the different colleges and 416 full-time faculty of the two subject state universities. A descriptive quantitative research-method design was employed. Results were analyzed based on the participants’ responses in the following instruments, namely; MLQ-5X instrument, and Organizational Culture Survey. Findings revealed that the deans are using a combination of transformational and transactional leadership styles. In both institutions, there was no statistically significant relationship that was found among the leadership styles of the deans and organizational culture at .01 and .05 level of significance. Still, since it was found out that there is a high degree of organizational culture, it can be implied that it is for the reason that the leaders are practicing transformational and transactional leaders from which according to many studies have influences to quality work culture in an organization.
Keywords: leadership styles, organizational culture, transformational leadership, transactional leadership, state university.
Title: LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN A STATE UNIVERSITY: NEXUS FOR INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Author: Remedios O. Azarcon
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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