The leadership style distribution of the Administrative Officers of the University of the Visual and Performing Arts on task concentration and people skills

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the leadership style distribution of the Administrative officers of the University of the Visual and Performing Arts on task concentration and people skills. The research attempted to find whether that behavior was matched with the working experience of the subordinates in the university. All the administrative officers except the Registrar and the Bursar in the University of the Visual and Performing Arts were taken as the sample and questionnaire on “Leadership Matrix” was used as data collection instrument. 19 questionnaires were distributed among officers and 18 were collected. Gathered data were tabulated using Microsoft Excel. As per the results, 83% of the sample represented female officers. The findings of the study revealed that the leadership style of all the administrative officers plotted only in the team leadership zone. That was the area where high concern on both task and people. Majority were at the extreme end of that area while very limited number was closed to the middle of the path. According to the university statistics, 50.7% of the subordinates had five or below five years experience in the university service. 66.4% of the subordinates represented the group who have 10 or below 10 years experience. Accordingly, a clear relationship could be developed in between the experience of the subordinates and the leadership p style of the administrative staff. The study also revealed that all the administrative officers were very much concern on both task and the people due to the lack of experience in the subordinates and consequently administrative officers’ concentration on task and people go high with the experience.