Examining the relationship between leadership styles and the implementation of strategic management in higher education in Jordan: A comparison of public and private universities

This study examined the relationship between the implementation of strategic management (ISM) and the transformational and transactional leadership styles in higher education in Jordan. It investigated the differences that exist between public and private institutions of higher education in the implementation of strategic management. It looked at the style characteristics of both transformational and transactional leadership to see if they had different effects on the successful implementation of strategic management. It also focused on determining which of these two leadership styles was the most successful at improving the implementation of strategic management in Jordanian universities.;The results showed that leaders in higher education in Jordan have features of both the transaction and transformation leadership styles and that the leadership style of the leaders in higher education in Jordan was more transformation than transnational. The results showed that higher education in Jordan has had average success in the implementation of strategic management. However, private universities have had more success with ISM than have public universities. The results also revealed that the transformation leadership style was significantly more effective in the successful ISM than the transnational leadership style was.