The Degree of Practicing the Various Dimensions of Crisis Leadership During the Pandemic by the Academic Leaderships at King Khaled University, from the Perspective of Faculty Members

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Management and Educational Planning Department Faculty of Education, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University

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This study explores the degree to which the academic leaderships of KingKhaledUniversity have practiced the dimensions of crisis leadership during the Covid-19 Pandemic from the perspective of the faculty members. To achieve this purpose, the researchers used the descriptive method in preparing their research. The study used a questionnaire to collect data, which was applied to a sample of (329) faculty members, distributed based on the following variables: Gender, academic rank, and years of experience in university instruction. According to study findings, the academic leadership’s practice of the dimensions of crisis leadership during the Covid-19 Pandemic scored medium. Findings further identified differences in the study subjects' responses attributed to the gender variable in favor of females. There were also differences in study subject responses attributed to the years of experience variable in favor of those having 10 years of experience or more. Differences were not identified, though, in the study subjects' responses, which could be attributable to the academic rank variable. In light of the findings, the study presented some recommendations, including:  to expand in holding training and qualification programs that strengthen the crisis-handling skills of academic leaders, and forming ad-hoc committees at universities to manage crises that are qualified enough to predict crises before they erupt and develop multiple scenarios to deal with them and reduce their risks.
 

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