Examining the Impact of Principal’s Leadership Level on Job Embeddedness of College Faculty: A Qualitative Inquiry of Higher Education in Punjab

Abstract

Aim of the Study: This research aimed to explore the leadership level of principals and to what extent it affects the job embeddedness of college faculty. It was also the intent of the study to uncover the reasons for the leadership level and job embeddedness of faculty. In this study, five leadership levels proposed by John Maxwell were used to measure the level of leadership. The job embeddedness level of faculty was determined by using an interview protocol exclusively prepared for the purpose. The researcher gained data from principals and college faculty in Punjab by using the criterion sampling technique.

Methodology: The methodology of the study included the transcendental constitutive phenomenological approach used in this study. Data were analyzed using software named NVivo12 Plus. This software helped in generating nodes, codes, and finally themes. These themes were confirmed by using techniques of word cloud, word tree, and word frequency.

Findings: The findings of the study concealed that the leadership level of college principals is high and it is a major cause of job-embeddedness of college faculty. Faculty members of colleges are also found highly embedded.

Conclusion: The study concluded that the leadership level of the principal is a major factor that is the key to success in leveraging the performance of the staff of educational institutes and the same is in the case of job embeddedness of faculty.