The Role of Ethical Leadership in Creating Organizational Loyalty among Employees: A Case Study of The Administrative Staff at Najran University”

Abstract

The aim of the research is to identify the availability of ethical leadership dimensions (integrity-justice, role clarity, and ethical orientation). Taking the administrative staff at Najran University as a sample for the study. Where the research used the analytical and descriptive method, depending on the questionnaire as a tool for the study, and through the study method and its tools, the research reached a number of results, the most important of which are: The dimensions of moral leadership are available to the members of the academic leaders at Najran University from the point of view of the administrators working therein to a high degree, as the value of the general arithmetic mean for all dimensions was (3.9). That the most dimensions of ethical leadership are available to members of the academic leaders at the University of Najran from the point of view of the administrators working in it is the dimension of integrity, where the value of the arithmetic mean was (3.94), followed by the dimension of moral orientation, where the value of the arithmetic mean was(3.92), then after the clarification of the role in the third order, where the value of the arithmetic mean was (3.91), and the least dimensions available to the members of the academic leaders at Najran University from the point of view of the administrators working in it was the dimension of justice, where the value of the arithmetic mean was (3.84), The availability of a high degree of organizational loyalty among the administrative staff at the University of Najran from the point of view of the research sample, where the value of the general arithmetic mean was (4.03), which expresses a high degree, and the presence of a statistically significant effect of the level of moral leadership on the level of organizational loyalty among administrators working at the University Najran at level (0.01), as well as for all dimensions of moral leadership (integrity - justice - clarity of role - moral orientation). Which confirms the validity of the research hypotheses.

In light of the results, the research recommends paying attention to spreading the concept and culture of ethical leadership in all institutions operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in general, and colleges and universities in particular, paying attention to providing an appropriate work environment for workers and providing all their needs in order to raise their morale and achieve the highest possible level of performance and increase their belonging and loyalty to a place their work.