Sustainable Development in Education. An empirical evidence and discussion about Authentic leadership, Religiosity and Commitment
Ansar Abbas, (a) , Muhammad Saud (b), Didin Ekhowati (c*), Indrianawati Usman (d).
a,c,d) Faculty of Economics and Business, Jalan Airlangga, Kampus B 60286 Surabaya Jawa Timur, Indonesia
b). Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social And Political Science, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia.
Abstract
Relationship between sustainability and leadership role seems to be underestimated in educational development. The current study contributes to enhance the leadership understanding and effectiveness of Authentic leadership required in university management. Authentic leaders refer to genuine and real leaders based on high morality, transparency, balanced processing and self-awareness of a person. Authentic leader brings commitment and personal responsibility to perform well. Performance and commitment required for continuous development. Teachers and staff work together to achieve organizational goals, considering them as internal environmental and organizational forces to trigger their interests fostering commitment to bring competitive advantage. The current study hypothesized that ambitious authentic leaders embodied educational setting for better commitment which is required for sustainable development. Results of the study confirms that authentic leadership, and religiosity were significantly positively associated with organizational commitment.
Keywords: Authentic Leaderhsip, Sustainable Development, Commitment, Strategic Leadership
Topic: Sustainable Development