Innovative Leadership Practices in Higher Education Settings

Abstract

The study aims to pinpoint the extent of innovative leadership practice among academic leaders at Taif University from the faculty members’ perspectives, in terms of dealing with the staff, creating the work environment for innovation, innovative behavior, and detecting whether there are statistically significant differences in the degree of innovative leadership practice based on staff gender, academic rank, years of experience). A descriptive survey method was used to achieve the objectives of the study plus a questionnaire that was applied to a research sample of 336 faculty members at Taif University. The findings revealed that the level of innovative leadership practice among academic leaders at Taif University from the faculty members’ point of view was (high), and the order of dimensions was respectively as follows: (dealing with the staff, creating a work environment for innovation, innovative behavior). Based on the results recommendations and conclusion were formulated.