HEALTHY UNIVERSITY WORK CULTURE, DECISION-MAKING AND COMMUNICATION LEADERSHIP SKILLS
OREDEIN AFOLAKEMI OLASUMBO *
Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Arts and Education, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Abstract
This study investigated decision-making and communication leadership skills as correlates of a healthy university work culture. The population consists of all university staff members in South-west Nigeria. Four universities were randomly selected; two public and two private universities out of thirty-one universities in South-west Nigeria. Fifty staff members were randomly selected from each university making two hundred samples. Descriptive research design method was used and the data collected analyzed shows the relationship between the leadership decision-making skill, leadership communication skill and a university healthy work culture in the selected universities. For data collection, three research questions and one research hypothesis were formulated and tested at 5% level of significance. The Research Instrument adopted was a questionnaire and was analyzed using Descriptive Statistics, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient (PPMC). The Results of the study revealed that there is significant positive relationship between leadership decision-making skill and leadership communication skill (P=0.000); leadership decision-making skill and a healthy work culture (P=0.030); and a healthy work culture and leadership communication skill (P=0.003). Among others, recommendations were made that university leaders, especially the administrative staff, should be trained on effective leadership communication skill which gives room for a good feedback that can enhance the growth of the university as well as project the image of the university positively.
Keywords: Decision-making, communication, leadership skills, healthy work culture, University