THE ROLE OF VISIONARY LEADERSHIP IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF WORK LIFE: A PILOT STUDY OF THE VIEWS OF A SAMPLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERS AT KARBALA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The research focuses on clarifying the role of visionary leadership in improving the quality of work at the University of Karbala. The research community included (65) administrative leaders at the University of Karbala, where (56) questionnaire forms were distributed to a purposive sample but only (48) valid ones were recovered. Statistical methods, including the descriptive analytical method, were used to analyse the data and extract the results using the statistical program (SPSS). The most important conclusion reached was that, there is a statistically significant correlation and effect between the independent variable (visionary leadership) and the dependent variable (quality of work life).