International Journal of Academic Management Science Research (IJAMSR)
  Year: 2018 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 6 | Page No.: 26-42
The Style of Leadership and Its Role in Determining the Pattern of Administrative Communication in Universities- Islamic University of Gaza as a Model
Yousef S. Abu Sultan, Mazen J. Al Shobaki, Samy S. Abu-Naser, Suliman A. El Talla

Abstract:
The study aimed to identify the type of leadership and its role in determining the type of administrative communication at the Islamic University. The researchers used the method of Stratified random sampling in the study. The study was conducted on a sample of 144 administrative staff from the Islamic University of Gaza. The response rate was 77.08%. The study found that there is a high degree of satisfaction with the leadership style in the Islamic University - Gaza from the point of view of the administrative staff, where the percentage reached (73.52%). There is a high degree of satisfaction with the pattern of communication prevailing in the Islamic University - Gaza from the point of view of administrative staff, where the percentage (76.52%). There is a direct correlation between leadership style and communication pattern, the role of leadership style in determining the type of administrative communication at the Islamic University- Gaza. There are no differences in the perception of workers in the pattern of communication while there are differences in Leadership Style according to the age variable in favor of the lower age groups. There are no statistically significant differences in the perception of the leadership pattern according to the variable (gender, qualification) and the absence of differences in the perception of the employees of the leadership style and style of communication depending on the variable years of service, and the absence of differences in the perception of the employees of the leadership style and style of communication depending on the level of career variable (manager, head of department, administrative officer). The study reached a number of recommendations, the most important of which is that the interest of the departments of the Palestinian universities and the Islamic University should be increased in order to provide and maintain a good leadership style, the need to improve the existing communication pattern at the university and to give universities the opportunity to participate in decision-making, the importance of solving the problems of workers and giving them the opportunity to contribute to solving their own problems. The need to use the method of rotation of employees and periodically, and the importance of promoting democratic leadership and empowerment of university staff.