The influence of transformational leadership and readiness for change on followers' performance in public higher education institutions in Malaysia

Public higher education institutions (PHEI) worldwide are subjected to growing commercialization of higher education. They are unable to shield themselves from the intrusion of marketplace values onto the sacred ground of "public good". Traditionally, PHEI were seen as national institutio...

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Main Author:	R. chitara, Ramasamy
Format:	Thesis
Language:	aa eng eng
Published:	2019
Subjects:	HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management Employment LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling	my-uum-etd.91212022-03-28T00:01:49Z The influence of transformational leadership and readiness for change on followers' performance in public higher education institutions in Malaysia 2019 R. chitara, Ramasamy SriRamalu, Subramaniam Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment LB2300 Higher Education Public higher education institutions (PHEI) worldwide are subjected to growing commercialization of higher education. They are unable to shield themselves from the intrusion of marketplace values onto the sacred ground of "public good". Traditionally, PHEI were seen as national institutions providing a valuable contribution to society and therefore worthy of support. However, of late, it is increasingly being challenged as the provision of knowledge becomes just another commercial transaction. Thus, there is a growing demand for PHEI to think more like businesses and less like educational institutions. The urgent scrutiny into PHEI performance has given way for opportunities into followers' performance- based research. This study investigated transformational leadership, readiness for change and followers' performance since they are catalysts for PHEI performance. The Social Exchange Theory, the Transformational Leadership Theory, and the Change Model underpinned this study framework. This quantitative study was carried out in all the twenty Malaysian PHEI. An online questionnaire was administered to the heads of departments, from all these universities, who were selected using the proportioned stratified random sampling. The four main hypotheses of this study were tested using the Smart PLS 3.0 software. The results of the study found significant positive effects of transformational leadership and readiness for change on followers' performance. In addition, readiness for change was found to have a significant mediating effect on the relationship between transformational leadership and followers' performance. This study gives new insight to the management of PHEl about the importance of developing transformational leadership as well as acknowledging the serious impact brought by transformational leadership on followers' performance. The results of the study also foreshadowed the crucial effect of readiness for change; as an element needed to build readiness, influencing strategies being developed, injecting 'urgency', and lastly the need for readiness involvement in various interventions. 2019 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/9121/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/9121/1/DEPOSIT%20PERMISSION_s99185.pdf text aa staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/9121/2/s99185_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/9121/3/s99185_references.docx text eng public other doctoral Universiti Utara malaysia
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description	Public higher education institutions (PHEI) worldwide are subjected to growing commercialization of higher education. They are unable to shield themselves from the intrusion of marketplace values onto the sacred ground of "public good". Traditionally, PHEI were seen as national institutions providing a valuable contribution to society and therefore worthy of support. However, of late, it is increasingly being challenged as the provision of knowledge becomes just another commercial transaction. Thus, there is a growing demand for PHEI to think more like businesses and less like educational institutions. The urgent scrutiny into PHEI performance has given way for opportunities into followers' performance- based research. This study investigated transformational leadership, readiness for change and followers' performance since they are catalysts for PHEI performance. The Social Exchange Theory, the Transformational Leadership Theory, and the Change Model underpinned this study framework. This quantitative study was carried out in all the twenty Malaysian PHEI. An online questionnaire was administered to the heads of departments, from all these universities, who were selected using the proportioned stratified random sampling. The four main hypotheses of this study were tested using the Smart PLS 3.0 software. The results of the study found significant positive effects of transformational leadership and readiness for change on followers' performance. In addition, readiness for change was found to have a significant mediating effect on the relationship between transformational leadership and followers' performance. This study gives new insight to the management of PHEl about the importance of developing transformational leadership as well as acknowledging the serious impact brought by transformational leadership on followers' performance. The results of the study also foreshadowed the crucial effect of readiness for change; as an element needed to build readiness, influencing strategies being developed, injecting 'urgency', and lastly the need for readiness involvement in various interventions.
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title	The influence of transformational leadership and readiness for change on followers' performance in public higher education institutions in Malaysia
title_short	The influence of transformational leadership and readiness for change on followers' performance in public higher education institutions in Malaysia
title_full	The influence of transformational leadership and readiness for change on followers' performance in public higher education institutions in Malaysia
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The influence of transformational leadership and readiness for change on followers' performance in public higher education institutions in Malaysia

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