The Relationship between the Dimensions of Soft Leadership and the Behavioral Integrity in the Working Environment in Employees at Al-Jouf University

Abstract

Purpose: The study aimed to study the relationship between the dimensions of soft leadership and the behavioral integrity of employees in the working environment of workers at Al-Jouf University. As well as revealing the significant differences in the direction of workers for the dimensions of soft leadership (vision, communication, emotional intelligence) and the behavioral integrity of workers in the work environment according to demographic variables (gender, nature of employment, age, duration of work at university).
Study design/methodology/approach: The study adopted the descriptive analytical method as a method of study in addition to the survey, in order to describe the characteristics and variables related to the problem of study and test the study assignments.
Sample and data: Applied to a sample of (337) individual staff at Al-Jouf University. Questionnaire used to collect the required data, questionnaire list was distributed to all the vocabulary of the study sample, and (251) lists were recovered by (74.48%).
Results: The study revealed a moderate degree of awareness of the dimensions of soft leadership and behavioral integrity of employees in the work environment, the existence of a positive significant relationship between the dimensions of soft leadership and the behavioral integrity of employees in the work environment, and the existence of significant differences in the perception of employees the dimensions of soft leadership and behavioral integrity of employees in the work environment according to (the nature of the job, the duration of work at the university).
Originality/value: The current study provides knowledge about soft leadership and behavioral integrity to employees in the work environment, collecting data from a sample of Arab participants provides meaningful evidence of the external honesty of soft leadership as a predictor of the behavioral integrity of employees in the work environment. Soft leadership at the university can be seen as a valuable resource for their employees to enhance behavioral integrity in the work environment and improve their safe connection to the workplace. In other words, soft leadership serves as an important tool in promoting the behavioral integrity of employees in the work environment. The findings revealed in the current study added to the growing content of scientific work on the impact of soft driving on subordinates, and contributed to further study on the sincerity of soft driving theory.
Research limitations/implications: The academic limits of the study were the study of the variable dimensions of soft driving dimensions, the behavioral integrity of workers in the working environment, and the human limits were represented by a simple random sample of workers at al-Jouf University. In the current study, data collected over a short period of time were based on cross sectional and could not be relied on long-term longitudinal data due to time, effort and cost.