Inspirational leadership and its relationship with organizational conformity among department heads at the University of Benghazi

Abstract

     The current study aimed to investigate the level of inspirational leadership practice among the heads of the scientific departments at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Qaminis, University of Benghazi, from the perspective of faculty members and its relationship to their organizational identity, in addition to identifying whether there are statistically significant differences in the level of inspirational leadership practice among the heads of the scientific departments at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Qaminis, University of Benghazi, from the perspective of faculty members and its relationship to organizational identity attributable to variables (gender, scientific specialty, academic qualification, and years of professional experience).The study aimed to identify whether there is a statistically significant correlational relationship between the level of inspirational leadership practice among the heads of departments at the College of Arts and Sciences in Qaminis, University of Benghazi from the perspective of faculty members and their organizational alignment. The study population consisted of all faculty members at the College of Arts and Sciences in Qaminis, University of Benghazi, totaling (76) faculty members during the academic year 2024-2025, from which a simple random sample of (29) faculty members was selected. To achieve the study's objectives, the researcher used a questionnaire as a tool for data collection after ensuring its validity and reliability. The data was analyzed using the SPSS program.

Where arithmetic averages and standard deviations were used, and the t-test was conducted. The study concluded that: The level of practice of department heads at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Qaminis University of Benghazi for inspirational leadership, from the perspective of faculty members, was at a very high level of practice, and the level of practice of faculty members at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Qaminis University of Benghazi for organizational conformity was also at a very high level of practice. Moreover, there are no statistically significant differences in the level of practice of faculty members at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Qaminis University of Benghazi for organizational conformity, based on their perspectives, attributed to the study variables, which are (gender, scientific specialty, academic qualification, and years of professional experience). In addition, there is a positive statistically significant correlation between the level of practice of department heads at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Qaminis University of Benghazi for inspirational leadership and the level of practice of organizational conformity among faculty members