Spiritual Leadership’s Role in Promoting Social Responsibility
An Analytical Study at the Middle Technical University
Keywords:
spiritual leadership, Social Responsibility, Senior leaders at the MTUAbstract
This study aimed to determine the nature of the correlational and influential relationship between the independent variable of spiritual leadership and its dimensions represented by vision, faith, sacrifice, meaning, and membership, and the dependent variable of social responsibility. It is also aimed to develop a specific mechanism adopted by university presidencies to apply the principles of social responsibility and raise awareness among students and affiliates to commit to social responsibility and promote the philosophy of spiritual leadership among senior leaders at the university. The Central Technical University has been chosen as the research site, and a purposive sample has been selected consisting of the university president, his assistants, deans of colleges and institutes, their assistants; a total of (67) individuals. A questionnaire has been used as a tool to collect data. (61) questionnaires have been retrieved out of the total distributed questionnaires which represents (91%) of the study population. The descriptive analytical method was used to analyze the data using SPSS v.26 and Amos v.26 software. The study’s findings shows that the responses of senior leaders to the application of social responsibility standards in the University are good, and that there is a correlational and influential relationship between spiritual leadership and social responsibility.
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