Studying the Ethical Leadership Skills of Public Sector University Leaders

Ethical Leadership Skills

Authors

  • Zarina Waheed Postdoctoral Fellow, International Islamic University Islamabad
  • Abdulrahman Saad Alajlan Qassim University, Saudi Arabia

Keywords:

Ethics; Leadership, Ethical Leadership, Universities

Abstract

An increasing shift is being noticed on considerations towards ethics and morals in organizational practices and policies as well as role of leaders in demonstrating and ensuring such practices. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ethical leadership skills of university leaders and how ethical leadership implementation differs by gender in public sector universities of Quetta, Balochistan. The study was based on quantitative approach and survey design. The proportional stratified sampling was used as technique for data collection where a total of 230 (151+79) respondents were randomly selected from two leading co-educational universities. Perceived Leader Integrity Scale (PLIS) was adopted as a scale for measuring ethical leadership skills. For data analysis, descriptive statistics were used to analyse the level of ethical leadership of university departmental chairpersons through cross-tabulation method. Moreover, independent t-test were performed to identify the if there was a mean difference of male and female university faculty members about the implementation of ethical leadership. The data analysis revealed that majority of the respondents from the both universities considered the ethical leadership level of their chairperson low. This indicated that the departmental chairpersons lack required ethical leadership skills as leaders. Besides, the results indicated that there was not any significant difference between mean scores of the ethical leadership of male and female faculty members. The implications of the study and recommendations for future researchers are also outlined.

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2025-06-30

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Waheed, Z., & Alajlan, A. S. . (2025). Studying the Ethical Leadership Skills of Public Sector University Leaders : Ethical Leadership Skills . Journal of Education And Humanities Research (JEHR), University of Balochistan, Quetta, 19(01), 01–13. Retrieved from http://jehronline.uob.edu.pk/journal/index.php/jehr/article/view/543

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