Servant leadership and its impact on organizational commitment An analytical study of the opinions of a sample of teaching staff in private universities in the Middle Euphrates region
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servant leadership, organizational commitmentAbstract
The current research seeks to reveal the impact of the servant leadership in its dimensions (emotional feelings, empowerment, vision, humility, confidence) in private colleges in the provinces of the Middle Euphrates (Karbala - Najaf al-Ashraf - Babel - Qadisiyah), on the organizational commitment to its dimensions (commitment to the teaching profession, commitment By teaching, commitment to the work team, commitment to the university) In order to achieve the goal of the research, it was applied to a sample of faculty members in private colleges in the provinces of the Middle Euphrates, and (300) forms were distributed and retrieved (250), The number of ready-made forms (239) was a valid form E, the number of the researched faculties reached (13) colleges, and the researchers used a set of statistical methods within the (spss) program, among which the most prominent statistics represent the arithmetic mean, the standard deviation, the exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory, the simple linear regression equation and the multiple regression equation. The research found that there is a statistically significant correlation and influence between servant leadership and organizational commitment. The research came out with a set of conclusions and recommendations.
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