The Degree of Practicing Creative Leadership by Academic Leaders of Jordanian and American Universities: A comparative study

Abstract

This study aimed at finding out the level of academic leaders’ practice of creative leadership in the Jordanian and American universities by studying the status quo of academic leaders’ practice of creative leadership in the Jordanian and American universities from faculty members’ point of view. The purposive randomly selected study sample consisted of (405) faculty members from Jordanian Universities and (506) of faculty members from American universities. A 53-item Likert Scale format questionnaire was developed on practicing creative leadership by academic leaders with four dimensions (Problem sensitivity, Fluency, Originality and Flexibility).

The findings of the study showed that the total degree of the status quo of academic leaders’ practice of creative leadership in the Jordanian and American universities was in the high level in all dimensions. Whereas there were no statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) about the status quo of academic leaders’ practice of creative leadership in the Jordanian and American universities due to the gender and academic rank variables, the findings of the study showed significant differences at the level of (α=0.05) about the status quo of academic leaders’ practice of creative leadership in the Jordanian and American universities due to the experience.