THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON WORKPLACE DIVERSITY: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AS MEDIATOR

Abstract

This study explores the impact of transformational leadership on workplace diversity over mediating role of organizational culture in higher education institutions context in the southern region, KP, Pakistan. The study aims to understand that how leadership impact creation of inclusive environments wherein diverse individuals feels as respected, valued and empowered for realizing institutional strategic objectives. In this connection, quantitative research design was employed, using a structured survey distributed among teachers as target population while utilizing the sample. In this connection, hypothesized relationships were extracted from theoretical framework that are chased through different statistical tools to confirm the existence of the relationships, extracting the required information and reaching the desired conclusion for making suitable decisions about research issues in general as well as in particular context like higher education institutions. Thus, study results provide the significant information for reaching the conclusion and making the decisions. The future research may explore the longitudinal effects and extend the study towards other sectors for comparative analysis in order to compare the diverse outcome and contribute the knowledge from different dimensions.