Green Transformational Leadership as an Approach to Achieving Sustainable Environmental Development in Arab Universities
Atieh Mohd Albadarneh, Amjad Mahmoud Daradkah, Esraa Ahmed Telfah,
Feryal Yousef AlKhatib, Ashraf Mahmoud Mahmoud,
Ebraheem Suliman Altaha'at, Yasmin Abdullah Al-Shunnaq,
Maria Salih Tawalbeh, Shaimaa Ali Ali
The study aims the reality of green transformational leadership as an approach for achieving sustainable environmental development in Arab universities and the requirements for enhancing green transformational leadership as an approach for achieving sustainable environmental development in Arab universities. The research methodology involves using the descriptive approach. The research sample consists of (713) faculty members and (75) academic leaders “faculty deans, faculty deputies, department heads” randomly selected from Arab universities. Two key questionnaires are used as research instruments to achieve the research objectives. The findings indicate that the degree of availability of green transformational leadership as an approach to achieving sustainable environmental development in Arab universities is medium, with a mean (3.40) and a standard deviation (0.703). The results also show that ranking of the domains in terms of the mean is as follows: green individualized consideration, green idealized influence, green inspirational motivation, and green intellectual stimulation, while agreement regarding the proposed proposals is high with a mean (4.76) and a standard deviation (0.812). Given the results, the article recommends strengthening green transformational leadership as an approach to achieving sustainable environmental development in Arab universities.
Keywords: Green Transformational Leadership, Sustainable Environmental Development, Arab Universities
