Guidelines for Improving Mid-level Administrators Leadership of Private Undergraduate Universities in Guangdong

Abstract

               The objectives of this research were 1) to study the current situation of the Mid-level  administrators leadership of private undergraduate  universities in Guangdong, 2) To develop the guidelines for improving Mid-level administrators leadership of private undergraduate universities in Guangdong, 3)To evaluate the  suitability and feasibility  of the guidelines for improving Mid-level administrators leadership of private undergraduate universities in Guangdong. The sample group were 210 Mid-level  administrators from 5 private undergraduate universities in Guangdong. The Interview group was 10 high-level administrators and 5 high-level experts. The research instruments were  questionnaire, structured interview and evaluate form. The statistic to analyze the data were percentage, mean, standard deviation and content analysis.

               The results were found that 1) the current of mid-level administrators leadership in private undergraduate universities in Guangdong is at a medium level. Considering the results of this research aspects ranged from the highest to lowest level were as follow: the highest mean was Cultural Leadership, followed by Interpersonal Leadership, Educational Leadership , Political Leadership and Structural Leadership was the lowest mean. 2) The guidelines for improving mid-level  administrators leadership  of private undergraduate universities in Guangdong, including 5 aspects, with a total of 25 measures: 1) 4 measures for improving Structural leadership, 2) 6 measures for improving Interpersonal leadership, 3) 4 measures for improving Educational leadership,  4) 4 measures for improving Cultural leadership , and 5) 7 measures for improving Political leadership. 3) The suitability and feasibility of guidelines for improving mid-level  administrators leadership  of private undergraduate universities in Guangdong in 5 aspects were at highest level.