The purpose of this study is to address how academic deans at Jordanian
Universities' perceive their cognitive leadership frames (bureaucratic,
collegial, political, and symbolic frames) based on their disciplines. 134
academic deans have completed the survey and used in this study, with a
response rate of 93%. As for discipline, there were scientific 56 and 78
humanities disciplines. A questionnaire with 22 items grouped into four
scales, one each for the bureaucratic, collegial, political, and symbolic
frames. The results indicated that the Bureaucratic leadership frame has
a high level than all other cognitive leadership frames, followed by a
political leadership frame with a high level, followed by a collegial
leadership frame with moderate level, and symbolic leadership frame
with moderate level. T-test results revealed that Bureaucratic leadership
frame and political leadership frame had significant differences in favor
of scientific discipline. While collegial and symbolic leadership frames
had no significant differences. The study recommended that university
leaders should support academic deans to enroll workshops and partake
comprehensive training on cognitive leadership frames to help them
realize their full potential in contributing and developing their colleges
and universities.
أيمن أحمد ابراهيم العمري | Aieman Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Omari | 12952