Pakistan Üniversitelerinde stratejik liderliğin büyüme üzerindeki etkisi: Stratejik uyumun aracılık rolü

Strategic leadership is a concept very critical and has been in organizational studies for many years, but from a Pakistani point of view, it is quite a new concept. No considerable work has been done on Strategic leadership in Pakistan. Strategic leadership plays a critical role in the growth of the organization. The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has mentioned many times that universities must become independent by increasing their financial resources, and students' growth and programs' growth are the main factors to enhance growth to meet the financial goals. Universities' strategic leadership plays a critical role in enhancing growth in higher education institutions. Here in this study, we have examined the relationship between Strategic leadership and growth. Also, we have checked the intermoderating role of strategic alignment in enhancing the impact of strategic leadership on growth in universities. First, a comprehensive literature review has been done to establish the relationship among the three variables of strategic leadership, strategic alignment, and growth. Data has been collected on a seven-point Likert scale adopted questionnaire separately distributed among strategic leaders and employees online through university administration, from 249 respondents. Among them, 88 were strategic leaders and the remaining 161 were general employees from both academic and non-academic departments. SPSS 20.0 and Smart-PLS 2.0, Structure Equation Modeling (SEM) have been employed for data analysis. This research comprehends the positive role of strategic leadership towards both strategic alignment and growth which was hypothesized through literature. This study also indicates the moderating role of strategic alignment between strategic leadership and growth.