The Level of Practice of The Dimensions of Transformational Leadership and its Role in achieving Institutional Excellence in Palestinian Universities: Al-Istiqlal University as a model

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the level of practice of the dimensions of transformational leadership (ideal influence, inspirational motivation, mental arousal, individual considerations) at Al-Istiqlal University from the point of view of academic and administrative leaders, in addition to knowing the level of institutional excellence represented in the following dimensions (leadership excellence, service excellence, Cognitive excellence) and understanding the nature of the relationship between practicing the dimensions of transformational leadership and the extent of achieving institutional excellence at Al-Istiqlal University. The results of the study showed that the level of practice of the dimensions of transformational leadership was high, with an arithmetic average of (3.80) and a relative weight of (76%), and that the overall score for the level of institutional excellence was medium, with an arithmetic average of (3.34) and a relative weight of (68.8%). It was found that there is a relationship between the dimensions of transformational leadership and institutional excellence. The study recommended the necessity of strengthening the practices of the dimensions of transformational leadership among academic and administrative leaders at Al-Istiqlal University, and that the university administration should pay full attention to achieving the highest levels of institutional excellence in its various dimensions (leadership excellence, service excellence, and cognitive excellence).