Educational Leadership Mediating Role in Strategic Change Management and Employee Performance in Comprehensive Universities of Ethiopia

Abstract

Purpose: Competitive advantages required for long term survival of an organization which is based on strategic change management adoption. Present study was based on the mediating role of educational leadership in between strategic change management and employee performance in comprehensive universities of Ethiopia.

Design/ Methodology/ Approach: Research used both qualitative and quantitative research approach. In qualitative researchers adopted the exploratory design. For analysis of mediating role of educational leadership STATA 20 was used as statistical software and SEM was used as a statistical tool.

Finding: Results of SEM model manifested that educational leadership fully mediate the relation between strategic change management and employee performance in comprehensive universities of Ethiopia. Because of educational leadership employee performance was enhanced in comprehensive universities of Ethiopia. To support the argument researcher used the direct effect, indirect effect and total effects. Study results will be footing steps for other higher educational institutes in Africa in implementation of strategic change management.

Originality: Although researchers’ depicts the arguments stated from other research work to backup present research arguments. But by the knowledge of researchers no previous study conducted on educational leadership as a mediating variable in strategic change management and employee performance in geographical setting of comprehensive universities of Ethiopia.