Relationship between organizational culture of univercity based on Hofstede dimensions and teachers Leadership Style

Subject Areas : مدیریت

Mojtaba Hajkhozeymh ¹ , Salahedin Ebrahimi ² , Vahide alsadat HOseini Jebeli ³

1 - PhD Student, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tehran, Iran
2 - PhD Student, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tehran, Iran
3 - PhD Student, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-10-18 Accepted : 2020-10-18 Published : 2019-02-20

Keywords: Transformational Leadership, University, Organizational Culture, culture based on the dimensions of Hofstede,

Abstract :

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between organizational culture based on the dimensions of Hofstede (masculinity / femininity, individualism / collectivism, tolerance of ambiguity and power distance) with a transformational leadership style (ideal behavior, ideal features, inspiration motivation, sophistication stimulation, Personal considerations). This research is descriptive (non-experimental) design is correlational study using structural equation modeling.For this purpose, 209 professors of Tehran University were selected using random sampling and the scale of Hofstede's cultural dimensions (Accor, 2006) and transformational leadership questionnaire for questionnaire Bass and Avolio (2000) responded. The results obtained using correlation analysis showed a significant negative correlation with the distance of transformational leadership styles have significant positive correlation with the rest of Hofstede's cultural dimensions of transformational leadership styles. Structural equation analysis showed that the organizational culture dimensions Hofstede significant effect on the transformational leadership style of their professors. So the relationship between the leadership and the effectiveness of leadership and culture is so valuable to the organization because certain styles of leadership and the implementation of these styles can be cultured, the potential strategies to increase organizational performance.