The Impact Of College Of Technology (CoT) Leadership Style On The Performance Of Graduates Joining The Omani Construction Industry
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Date
2017-01
Authors
Al-Harthy, Fatma Nasser
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
The rapid growth of the Omani construction industry brought upon the need for more qualified and skilled labour to serve the industry. Currently, 92.5% of employment portions is dominated by expatriates. With Omanization policy, the percentage of the expatriates is expected to reduce and replaced by skilled locals. In Oman, Colleges of Technology (CoTs) are key institutions, which are tasked with equipping graduates with the industry required skills. However, the performance of most of the graduates is still below employers’ expectations. The lack of necessary skills and expertise of the locals creates a problem to realise the Omanization policy. Previous studies indicated that styles of leadership of universities and colleges, lack of coordination and effective planning between education training and development would have an impact on the performance of employees and subsequently on the graduates. Therefore, this study seeks to investigate the leadership styles, which are being practiced at CoTs in Oman. Due to the importance of training in Higher Education Institutions, especially in the construction sector, this study also examines the mediating role of the employees’ training experience between leadership styles and employee job performance in CoTs in Oman. Based on Full Range Leadership Theory (FRT) and Leader Member Exchange Theory (LMX), a conceptual model was developed and tested using 175 samples across seven CoTs in Oman. The PLS-SEM was conducted using smart PLS software (version 3.2.3). Findings revealed that transactional leadership style is the most dominated style practiced by heads of CoTs. The study confirmed that training experience mediated the relationship between transformational style and employee performance.
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Leadership style on the performance of graduates , joining the Omani construction industry