ABSTRACT

As a pioneer study on academic leadership efficacy in university context, this mixed-method study aimed at exploring the association between dean leadership efficacy in the areas of action efficacy and self-regulation efficacy and the faculty level of self-efficacy in terms of teaching and research at a public university in Afghanistan. The study employed a mixed-method design to collect the required data in two different phases. First, two sets of questionnaires were used to collect the quantitative data. Second, semi-structured interviews were conducted with six faculty members to investigate their perceptions of dean leadership and the faculty efficacy so as to triangulate the quantitative results. The total participants of this study were 126 faculty members (120 for quantitative and 6 for qualitative). The results showed the dean leaders were perceived to have a medium level of leadership efficacy and the faculty were also reported with almost the same level of teaching efficacy but low level of research efficacy. A significant positive association was also found between the dean leaders and the faculty members’ levels of efficacy in leadership, teaching and research. Accordingly, universities’ stakeholders were addressed with certain implications about dean leadership as well as the faculty levels of efficacy.

摘要

作为大学环境下学术领导效能的开创性研究，这项混合方法研究旨在探讨行动效能和自我调节效能领域的院长领导效能与教师的自我效能水平之间在教学和教学上的联系。在阿富汗的一所公立大学进行研究。该研究采用混合方法设计，以在两个不同阶段收集所需的数据。首先，使用两组调查表收集定量数据。其次，对六名教职员工进行了半结构化访谈，以调查他们对院长领导力的看法和教职效能，从而对定量结果进行三角剖分。这项研究的总参与者是126名教职员工（120名定量研究人员和6名定性研究人员）。结果表明，院长领导者被认为具有中等水平的领导效能，而据报道该学院的教师具有几乎相同的教学效能，但研究水平较低。院长和教职员工在领导，教学和研究方面的效能水平之间也发现了显着的正相关关系。因此，大学的利益相关者受到了有关院长领导力和教师效能水平的某些暗示的影响。