The Impact of Leadership Styles on Academicians’ Commitment in Higher Educational Institutions

Abstract

Education is considered as a viable tool for developing human capacities and capabilities towards eliminating threats that may make the environment secured. The teacher as the implementer of the academic curriculum is central in achieving the aims and objectives of using education as a tool for inculcation into the learner, knowledge, skills and attitude that will lead to preserving the environment thereby ensuring security. Leadership has turned out to be an intriguing point for specialists. Various agents have concentrated on leadership styles in diverse societies, occupations, hierarchical settings. By and by, it was once in a while inspected among teaching faculty members of higher education institutes/universities. The early studies concentrated on the identities of the pioneers or on their conduct. Later studies are concentrating on a full scope of leadership styles, for example, transformational and transactional leadership styles.

Keywords: Leadership Styles, Academicians, Commitment, Higher Educational Institutions