Sustainable Leadership Practices and Organizational Commitment at Higher Education Institutions in Pakistan: An Ex Post Facto Study

Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of sustainable leadership practices on organizational commitment of faculty in higher education institutions. The study also tries to find the most commonly emphasized leadership practices under the framework of sustainable leadership. The study participants include the faculty members of both public and private sector universities in the Lahore. The data was collected from 281 faculty members using two questionnaires based on Meyer and Allen OC theory, and Hargreaves & Fink's seven principles of sustainable leadership. The findings revealed that the sustainable leadership practices significantly are raising faculty commitment. The study additionally examined how sustainable leadership practices varied among various demographic groups, emphasizing how crucial context is when putting sustainable leadership into reality. Notably, when presented with sustainable leadership practices, faculty members from private universities expressed higher levels of organizational commitment. Further, the study determined which precise practices—like mentorship and group decision-making—were most successful in raising faculty participation. The consequences point to the necessity of specialized training courses for higher education administrators who wish to implement these strategies. A prospective approach might also shed more light on the long-term advantages of sustainable leadership for the satisfaction at work of faculty members. Based on demographics variables (gender, sector, department, and designation), different sustainable leadership practices were noted by using both descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The findings of this study show a strong relation between organizational commitment and sustainable leadership practices. University policymakers can use the findings to better understand how to support long-term sustainable leadership in order to maintain organizational stability and raise faculty performance.