A Study of Faculty Perceptions of Leadership Styles and Job Satisfaction in Selected Institutions in Taiwan

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between deans' leadership styles and faculty job satisfaction in Taiwan's system of higher education. The results of this study will help administrators to effectively lead their institutions toward educational reform in Taiwan.This study's results showed that there was a significant relationship between leadership styles and job satisfaction. There was also a significant difference between observed and expected leadership styles. Leadership style S3 (low task/high relationship) was the most popular expected and observed leadership styles, followed by leadership style S2 (high task/high relationship), leadership style S4 (low task/low relationship), and leadership style S1 (high task/low relationship). In general, faculty members had a moderate level of job satisfaction. Significant difference was found between leadership styles and job satisfaction in terms of type of institutional governance, faculty gender, faculty size, faculty years of experience, and faculty age. There was no significant difference between leadership styles and job satisfaction in terms of type of administrator gender and institutional type.