A proposed Paradigm for the role of academic leadership in developing sustainable performance in Saudi universities

Abstract

The research sought to identify the role of academic leadership in developing sustainable performance (environmental, social, economic) in Saudi universities from the sample's point of view, and to determine whether there were statistically significant differences between the sample's responses according to the variables of university, gender, and leadership work, and then to arrive at a proposed Paradigm for the role of academic leadership in developing sustainable performance in Saudi universities. The descriptive (analytical) approach was used, and a random sample of faculty members at King Abdulaziz University and Qassim University was taken, and their number reached (360). The research relied on the questionnaire as a tool for collecting data, and it was concluded that the role of academic leadership in developing sustainable performance obtained a high degree, the highest of which was economic performance, then social performance, then environmental performance. The research concluded that there were no statistically significant differences between the sample's responses according to the university variable. As for gender, there was a difference between the responses in the economic performance axis in favor of females. As for the leadership position, there was a difference in the responses regarding the environmental performance axis in favor of those who do not hold a leadership position, and the proposed Paradigm was reached.