The Role of the Transformational Leadership in Enhancing the Social Responsibility at the Five Stars Hotels in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Abstract

This study was conducted to discuss the Transformational Leadership's role (TL) in enhancing the social responsibility at the Five Stars Hotels in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Thus, a random sample of (TL) was chosen. Moreover, reliable statistical tools, such as, Transformational Leadership Questionnaire (TLQ), Social Responsibility Questionnaire (SRQ), and a List of Social Responsibility Questioner to community leaders, besides deviation standards, t- test, multi regression, simple regression, Ch², one- way ANOVA, and Person Correlation Coefficient were used. Outcomes of the study revealed that there were no significant statistical differences under level (a £ 0.05) of enduring the social responsibility that was attributed to leadership level from views of the administrative leaders at the private Five Star Hotels and community leaders.  Also, the findings showed that there were no statistical differences under the level (a £ 0.05), between the administrative leaders' exercising of the dimensions of transformational leadership, and the degree of enduring the social responsibility at the same hotels.

Keywords: Transformational leadership, social responsibility, sustainable tourism, enabled sustainability, Hotel Management, Jordan