The Role of Sustainable Leadership in Achieving Strategic Success in Yemeni private universities

Abstract

This study aimed to measure the reality and level of achieving strategic success resulting from the role of practicing sustainable leadership style in (13) private universities in the capital, Sana'a - Yemen. The descriptive analytical approach was followed as it is one of the most used approaches in administrative research, and is appropriate for the nature of this study and achieving its objectives. The questionnaire was designed for data collection purposes, and was applied to a stratified random sample of employees in the universities under study at various administrative levels (senior, middle, direct) amounting to (304) individuals. The data were statistically analyzed using the (SPSS) program. Several results were reached, the most important of which are: the presence of a relatively high level of the reality of both (practicing sustainable leadership style and achieving strategic success) in the universities under study. In addition to the presence of a positive impact of sustainable leadership on strategic success in these universities. It was found that the most dimensions of sustainable leadership that affect strategic success are the long-term perspective dimension, followed by the "social responsibility" dimension, while the least influential dimension on strategic success was the dimension of leading others. Based on the results reached, several recommendations were presented, most notably: the necessity of enhancing sustainable leadership practices in these universities by their academic leaderships through increasing interest in developing human capital and meeting their needs, spreading an organizational culture that supports diversity, developing and updating plans from a sustainable strategic perspective, preparing a cadre to assume leadership positions in the future, and conducting more studies that diagnose societal problems