An Assessment of Level of Ethical Leadership Practices Among Academic Staff of Yobe State University Damaturu, Nigeria

Abstract

Today’s organizations are facing the challenges of competing with each other due to globalization.
Competitiveness of an organization depends on how the organization gain competitive advantage over
others, and how its leaders influence their subordinates and ensure that they have a workforce with higher
level of organizational commitment, which will ultimately lead to the success of organizations especially
in education sector (higher educational institutions), hence, it is considered as backbone of development of
any nation. This study examined the level of ethical leadership practices among academic staff of public
universities in (YSU) Nigeria. Quantitative research design was used in this study, where a survey
questionnaire was distributed among academic staff, total of 196 samples was used for the analysis. In order
to analyze the data, statistical package for social sciences software (SPSS) version 25.0. The results indicate
that ethical leadership is being practiced in YSU at a moderate level. Furthermore, organizational
commitment was also perceived to be found at a moderate level. The study also found out that ethical
leadership had positively and significantly influenced organizational commitment. Implication of this study
is the contribution of ethical leadership practices in HEIs. Ethical leadership should therefore be applied
and practiced by school leaders to improve the success of organizations and consequently improve the
performance of HEIs in Nigeria.