TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ACADEMIC STAFF RETENTION: NAVIGATING POST-PANDEMIC CHALLENGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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https://doi.org/10.21276/IERJ254717764220Keywords:
Transformational Administration, Scholastic Staff Maintenance, Higher Instruction, Post-Pandemic, Work Fulfillment, Strength, Organizational Commitment, Administration MethodologiesAbstract
The COVID-19 widespread has disturbed higher instruction, forces scholarly staff maintenance challenges such as burnout, workload weights, and instability. This conceptual paper looks at how transformational leadership—inspirational inspiration, mental incitement, individualized thought, and idealized influence—can upgrade maintenance in this post-pandemic setting. By cultivating strength, work fulfillment, and organizational commitment, transformational pioneers can address the mental and proficient needs of scholastic staff. The ponder proposes a system connecting authority hones to maintenance results, emphasizing their part in exploring continuous moves like half breed learning and money related limitations. Commonsense proposals incorporate administration preparing, adaptable approaches, and a culture of acknowledgment. Whereas hypothetical, the paper highlights the direness of holding gifted scholastics as of April 3, 2025, and calls for experimental investigate to approve its discoveries over different higher instruction settings, advertising a vital approach to maintaining organization solidness and scholastic quality.
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