Leadership styles and performance of public sector organizations: the case of Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabia, public organizations have been associated with poor management and performance. Little is understood about the reasons for such poor performance.Skilled and trained leaders are required to sustain the performance of these organizations.This paper focuses on the effect of leadership...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Institute for Management and Business Research (IMBRe), Universiti Utara Malaysia
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20681/1/JBMA%204%202014%2055%2062.pdf |
| _version_ | 1825804415722848256 |
|---|---|
| author | Abdul Rahman, Hamzah Jarrar, Mu’taman Omira, Omar Diaj |
| author_facet | Abdul Rahman, Hamzah Jarrar, Mu’taman Omira, Omar Diaj |
| author_sort | Abdul Rahman, Hamzah |
| collection | UUM |
| description | In Saudi Arabia, public organizations have been associated with poor management and performance. Little is understood about the reasons for such poor performance.Skilled and trained leaders are required to sustain the performance of these organizations.This paper focuses on the effect of leadership styles on the performance of Saudi Arabia public organizations.Cross-sectional data of 400 employees working in 16 ministries
under the Saudi Arabia Government were obtained. The validity and reliability of the measurement and structural model were tested.Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was applied to test the study hypotheses.The result of
PLS-SEM analysis indicated a significant effect of leadership style on the organizational performance at the 0.01 level of significance.Leadership styles play a critical role in improving organizational performance in Saudi Arabian public organizations.Future research is recommended to explore further the predictors affecting the performance of public organizations in Saudi Arabia. |
| first_indexed | 2024-07-04T06:14:10Z |
| format | Article |
| id | uum-20681 |
| institution | Universiti Utara Malaysia |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-07-04T06:14:10Z |
| publishDate | 2014 |
| publisher | Institute for Management and Business Research (IMBRe), Universiti Utara Malaysia |
| record_format | eprints |
| spelling | uum-206812017-01-18T07:52:56Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20681/ Leadership styles and performance of public sector organizations: the case of Saudi Arabia Abdul Rahman, Hamzah Jarrar, Mu’taman Omira, Omar Diaj HD28 Management. Industrial Management In Saudi Arabia, public organizations have been associated with poor management and performance. Little is understood about the reasons for such poor performance.Skilled and trained leaders are required to sustain the performance of these organizations.This paper focuses on the effect of leadership styles on the performance of Saudi Arabia public organizations.Cross-sectional data of 400 employees working in 16 ministries under the Saudi Arabia Government were obtained. The validity and reliability of the measurement and structural model were tested.Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was applied to test the study hypotheses.The result of PLS-SEM analysis indicated a significant effect of leadership style on the organizational performance at the 0.01 level of significance.Leadership styles play a critical role in improving organizational performance in Saudi Arabian public organizations.Future research is recommended to explore further the predictors affecting the performance of public organizations in Saudi Arabia. Institute for Management and Business Research (IMBRe), Universiti Utara Malaysia 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20681/1/JBMA%204%202014%2055%2062.pdf Abdul Rahman, Hamzah and Jarrar, Mu’taman and Omira, Omar Diaj (2014) Leadership styles and performance of public sector organizations: the case of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Business Management and Accounting (JBMA), 4. pp. 55-62. ISSN 2231-9298 http://imbre.uum.edu.my/images/jbmavol4/Leadership-Styles-and-Performance-of-Public-Sector.pdf |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Abdul Rahman, Hamzah Jarrar, Mu’taman Omira, Omar Diaj Leadership styles and performance of public sector organizations: the case of Saudi Arabia |
| title | Leadership styles and performance of public sector organizations: the case of Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Leadership styles and performance of public sector organizations: the case of Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Leadership styles and performance of public sector organizations: the case of Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leadership styles and performance of public sector organizations: the case of Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Leadership styles and performance of public sector organizations: the case of Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | leadership styles and performance of public sector organizations the case of saudi arabia |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20681/1/JBMA%204%202014%2055%2062.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT abdulrahmanhamzah leadershipstylesandperformanceofpublicsectororganizationsthecaseofsaudiarabia AT jarrarmutaman leadershipstylesandperformanceofpublicsectororganizationsthecaseofsaudiarabia AT omiraomardiaj leadershipstylesandperformanceofpublicsectororganizationsthecaseofsaudiarabia |