The effect of the Leadership in Higher Educational institutions

Purpose – The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of the leadership styles followed by deans, vice-deans and chairmen of scientific department councils to on levels of job satisfaction among academics. Design/methodology/approach – For the purposes of the study, only three leadership styles are examined (transactional, transformational and laissez-faire leadership styles) to test their impact on job satisfaction among 311 academic staff member from 7 of private universities in Egypt during the 1 st semester of the academic year of 2022/2023. Both the Pearson correlations and the multiple linear regressions are used to achieve the research objectives. Findings – The results approved that the job satisfaction of academic staff members in the higher educational institutions under study is influenced positively by transformational leadership style (Sig= 0.000) and negatively by the both of transactional leadership (Sig= 0.191) and laissez-faire leadership style (Sig= 0.453). Research limitations/implications – The findings were related to only 7 private higher educational institutions in Egypt and belongs the impact of only 3 leadership styles (transactional, transformational and laissez-faire leadership styles).