Abstract
The study aims to identify the leadership styles (democratic, authoritative, autocratic, laissez-faire, transformational, and transactional) practiced by trainers at the Vocational Training Corporation as perceived by the female trainees in Jordan. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data collected by the questionnaire from respondents (n = 105 female trainees) selected by the simple randomization sampling and representing 50% of the population (n = 210). Among the questionnaires sent, only 104 were received and declared valid for statistical analysis. Major findings indicated that the democratic leadership style was mostly preferable by female trainees, where rated top by respondents (M = 4.50), followed by the transformational style (M = 4.23), and the authoritative style was rated the lowest (M = 2.58) compared with the autocratic, laissez-faire and transactional leadership styles. Thus, to keep increasing the development of training programs and obtain positive feedback for trainees, both trainers and managers of the Vocational Training Corporation necessarily need to practice appropriate leadership styles, develop a high level of learning and benefits. AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank Al-Balqa Applied University in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Institute of Public Administration in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for all kinds of support and providing us with time and access to the research resources.
Highlights
Leadership management has attracted greater attention by researchers because it is associated with the human element, leaders in an organization who play significant roles in organizational success
Al leadership style was the most influential on the citizenship behavior followed by the ethical and This study aims to identify the preferred leaderfinally leading with emotional intelligence style. ship styles of training by the female trainees in vocational citizenship behavior
Leadership styles are a significant element in organization management, impacting personnel performance and behavior inside the organization, and having an influential role in business advancement
Summary
Leadership management has attracted greater attention by researchers because it is associated with the human element, leaders in an organization who play significant roles in organizational success. In the context of vocational training, leaders assume a vital role in assisting trainees to acquire Ohio Leadership Studies or Two-Dimensional knowledge, skills, practical and theoretical expe- theory, which was carried out in 1940 and conriences that enhance the performance of their jobs cluded two styles of leadership that declared in conformity with organizational goals and strat- leaders who initiate structure behavior, estabegies. Performance of trainees, and assist them in ac- In this context, the transformational leader needs quiring behavior, management and organizationdifferent capabilities to practice greater influence, al skills (Al-Rabia & Al-Hadithi, 2018). Abu-Eideh (2010) conducted a study ing the sharp vision, clear mission, works enthu- to identify the leadership styles (democratic, ausiastically and seeks for innovation and excelled tocratic, and laissez-faire) practiced by faculties performance (Attari, 2013). Performance of employees and found that the most leadership styles (democratic, authoritative, autosignificant value associated with the performance cratic, laissez-faire, transformational and transof employees was democratic leadership style, and actional) as practiced at the Vocational Training the laissez-faire leadership style
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