Contributions of Participatory Leadership in Achieving Sustainable Organizational Performance/ An Exploratory Study of The Opinions of Teachers in a Number of Colleges at the University of Duhok

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the contributions of participatory leadership in achieving sustainable organizational performance in a number of colleges at the University of Dohuk from the point of view of teachers. The study used the descriptive and analytical method, based on collecting data through a questionnaire that included two parts: the first to measure participatory leadership through the dimensions expressed, The second is to measure sustainable organizational performance through its dimensions as well. The study population consisted of (6) colleges, and the study sample amounted to (156) teachers, who were selected by a simple random method, and the statistical programs (AMOS V24) and (SPSS V26) were relied upon to analyze the data. The results of the study also showed that the two variables of the study (participatory leadership and sustainable organizational performance) in their dimensions are available in the field under study, in addition to identifying a positive and significant correlation between the two variables of the study, in addition to the presence of a positive and significant effect of participatory leadership on sustainable organizational performance. Based on the results, the researchers proposed a set of recommendations, the most important of which is the necessity of developing and empowering teachers in the studied colleges with the aim of increasing their experience and increasing their professional growth, developing the activities of teaching staff in the researched colleges and sustaining their performance to bring about change and improvement that is reflected in the quality of their services.