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 Volume 10, Issue 12 (December 2023), Pages: 153-160

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 Original Research Paper

Quality of life and its relationship to the level of leadership skills of educational leaders

 Author(s): 

 Nada Z. Almutairi *, Eman S. I. Rizk

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Education, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8583-5201

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.12.017

 Abstract

Leadership skills are very important for reaching educational objectives and improving the education system in Saudi Arabia. Making the lives of educational leaders better is key to enhancing their work performance, boosting their abilities, and fulfilling the education system's aims, aligning with Saudi Arabia's vision for 2030. This study looked into how the quality of life relates to leadership among educational leaders in Saudi Arabia. It explored how much quality of life contributes to leadership skills and checked if there were any differences between men and women in terms of quality of life and leadership abilities. The research used a mix of number-based and detailed methods to accurately describe the quality of life and leadership skills among educational leaders. Information was gathered through surveys on general data, quality of life, and leadership skills from 322 educational leaders, both men and women, with different educational levels and years of work experience. The main discovery was a positive link between quality of life and leadership skills that was statistically significant. Also, there were notable differences in certain aspects of quality of life and leadership based on gender. Furthermore, a strong positive relationship was found between the educational level, years of work, quality of life, and leadership skills among educational leaders.

 © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Quality of life, Leadership skills, Educational leaders

 Article history

 Received 30 March 2023, Received in revised form 14 November 2023, Accepted 1 December 2023

 Funding

The research (IFP-22086) has been funded by the Scientific Research Unit at the UOH, KSA. The funding source had no involvement in any aspect of the study design, delivery, or publication.

 Acknowledgment 

The authors acknowledge the support provided by the Scientific Research Unit at the University of Hail (UOH) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Almutairi NZ and Rizk ESI (2023). Quality of life and its relationship to the level of leadership skills of educational leaders. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(12): 153-160

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