President’s Strategic Leadership Factors Affecting Organizational Effectiveness of Private Universities in Hunan Province

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          The objectives of this research were: (1) To determine components of president’s strategic leadership and organizational effectiveness of private universities. (2)To investigate president’s strategic leadership affecting organizational effectiveness of private universities in Hunan Province. (3)To propose the guidelines for improving president’s strategic leadership affecting organizational effectiveness of private universities in Hunan Province, the People’s Republic of China.
          The research used mixed methodology which were qualitative research and quantitative research. Population was teachers of private universities in Hunan Province, with a total of 11871 persons. The sample size was determined by the Krejcie and Morgan’s Table (1970) that obtained by a proportional stratified random sampling technique, totaling 375 persons. Instruments used for data collection included semi-structured interviews form, a five-points rating scale questionnaire and focus group discussions form. The statistics used for analyzing the data were descriptive statistics and MIMIC- Model analysis.
          The research results revealed that (1) There were three president’s strategic leadership factors of private universities in Hunan Province which were strategic vision and planning formulation leadership, decision making and execution leadership, talent introduction and management leadership. The organizational effectiveness were long term planning and resource allocation, administrative and operational management, academic management and quality assurance. (2) The president’s strategic leadership include strategic vision and planning formulation leadership, decision making and execution leadership , talent introduction and management leadership altogether had statistical significant direct affects at p < 0.01 on organizational effectiveness of private universities in Hunan Province with the predictive power of 44.60 percent; (3) The guidelines for improving the organizational effectiveness of private universities in Hunan Province consisted of 15 guidelines.