Organisational Culture in Public Universities: Empirical Evidence

IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Asian Journal of Business and Accounting Pub Date : 2019-06-27 DOI:10.22452/AJBA.VOL12NO1.2

Hussein Issa

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Abstract

Manuscript type: Research paper Research aims: This study aims to investigate organisational culture (OC) of public universities from the perspective of academic leadership. It examines the impact of organisational culture on transformational leadership. Design/Methodology/Approach: The Organisational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) and The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ5x) are used as proxies for the variables tested. Data are collected from academic leaders attached to 18 public universities in Malaysia. Analysis is done using structural equation modelling (SEM). Research findings: The results suggest that academic leaders view the clan culture as the dominant workplace culture type. The clan culture is also the most prominent across the OC dimensions except for the dominant characteristics dimension, where the market culture is more distinct. The results also reveal that the effect of organisational culture on transformational leadership is significant. Theoretical contributions: This study fills the void in literature by showing how organisational culture is impacting transformational leadership within the education setting of developing countries. Since it is likely that different kinds of leadership behaviours are associated with different organisational cultures, it is also likely that the same may affect the Malaysian educational setting. Practitioner/Policy implications: The findings of this study are expected to facilitate the educational administrators in fine-tuning leadership behaviours through organisational culture. A match between these two dimensions should make the organisations more effective, thereby enabling administrators to improve the selection process of leaders and their future developments. Keywords: Organisational Culture, Malaysia, Leadership, Public Universities JEL Classification: M14

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公立大学组织文化:实证研究

手稿类型：研究论文研究目的：本研究旨在从学术领导力的角度考察公立大学的组织文化。它考察了组织文化对转型领导的影响。设计/方法/方法：组织文化评估工具（OCAI）和多因素领导力问卷（MLQ5x）被用作测试变量的代理。数据来自马来西亚18所公立大学的学术领袖。使用结构方程建模（SEM）进行分析。研究发现：研究结果表明，学术领袖将家族文化视为占主导地位的职场文化类型。宗族文化在OC维度中也是最突出的，除了主导特征维度，市场文化更为明显。研究结果还表明，组织文化对变革型领导的影响是显著的。理论贡献：这项研究通过展示组织文化如何影响发展中国家教育环境中的转型领导，填补了文献中的空白。由于不同类型的领导行为可能与不同的组织文化有关，因此也可能影响马来西亚的教育环境。从业者/政策含义：本研究的结果有望促进教育管理者通过组织文化微调领导行为。这两个维度之间的匹配应该使组织更加有效，从而使管理者能够改进领导者的选拔过程及其未来发展。关键词：组织文化，马来西亚，领导力，公立大学JEL分类：M14

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Asian Journal of Business and Accounting BUSINESS, FINANCE-

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2.00

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期刊介绍： An academic journal that aims to advance knowledge in the business and accounting disciplines, to narrow the gap between theory and practice, and to set direction for policy initiatives in Asia. Welcome to the Asian Journal of Business and Accounting (AJBA). AJBA is an international refereed journal, published biannually (30th June and 30th December) by the Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, Malaysia. AJBA aims to publish scholarly business researches that are relevant to Malaysia and the Asian region. It intends to highlight the practical implications in promoting better business decision making process and the formulation of public policy in Asia. This journal publishes theoretical, conceptual, and empirical papers within the broad areas of business and accounting in Asia. The AJBA covers a broad spectrum of the business and accounting disciplines. A suggestive (though not necessarily comprehensive) list of areas that would be included in this journal are: general management, strategic management, human resource management, organizational behaviour, labour and industrial relations, international business management, business communication, entrepreneurship, leadership, management science, operations management, production management, supply chain management, marketing management, brand management, consumer behaviour, information management, e-marketing, e-commerce, quality management, retailing, service marketing, hospitality management, hotel and tourism management, asset pricing, capital and money markets, corporate finance, derivatives markets, finance and banking, financial economics, etc.