A bibliometric analysis of influence of leadership styles on employees and organization in higher education sector from 2007 to 2022

Figures & data

Figure 1. Search procedure PRISMA-2020.

Table 1. Main information of data using descriptive statistics.

Description	Results
MAIN INFORMATION ABOUT DATA
Timespan	2007:2022
Sources (Journals, Books, etc)	88
Documents	127
Annual Growth Rate %	14.87
Document Average Age	4.98
Average citations per doc	8.063
References	6707
DOCUMENT CONTENTS
Keywords Plus (ID)	116
Author’s Keywords (DE)	334
AUTHORS
Authors	346
Authors of single-authored docs	18
AUTHORS COLLABORATION
Single-authored docs	18
Co-Authors per Doc	2.84
International co-authorships %	16.54
DOCUMENT TYPES
article	126
article in press	1

Figure 2. Number of papers by years.

Table 2. Number of papers by regions.

Regions	2007 – 2010	2011 – 2014	2015 – 2018	2019 – 2022	Total	%
Asia	5	9	16	62	92	72.4%
Africa	-	2	5	15	22	17.3%
Europe	-	1	2	2	5	3.9%
Oceania	1	1	1	1	4	3.1%
America	1	-	2	1	4	3.1%

Table 3. Top 10 countries in research domain.

Country	Articles	SCP	MCP	Frequency	MCP_Ratio
Malaysia	10	8	2	0.079	.2
Indonesia	9	9	0	0.071	0
Iran	8	7	1	0.063	.125
China	6	6	0	0.047	0
Nigeria	5	4	1	0.039	.2
Pakistan	5	5	0	0.039	0
Saudi Arabia	5	4	1	0.039	.2
Australia	3	3	0	0.024	0
Italy	3	1	2	0.024	.667
Jordan	3	3	0	0.024	0

SCP: Single country publication; MCP: Multiple country publication.

Table 4. Scopus journals that published most papers in related studies in 2007–2022.

Journals	2007 – 2010	2011 – 2014	2015 – 2018	2019 – 2022	Total
International Journal of Leadership in Education	–	–	2	4	6
International Journal of Educational Management	–	–	4	1	5
Library Philosophy and Practice	–	1	1	3	5
International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change	–	–	–	5	5
International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research	–	–	–	4	4

Table 5. Research methods used in the studies.

Methods	Number of papers
Quantitative	121
Qualitative	3
Mix methods	3
Total	127

Figure 3. Network map of keywords co-occurrence in research.

Figure 4. Network map of most cited authors in research.

Figure 5. Network map of most referenced papers in research.

Figure 6. Summary of variables in related papers.

Figure 7. The relationship between most studied leadership styles and outcomes.

Figure 8. The relationship between other leadership styles and outcomes.

Figure 9. Thematic evolution of keywords in the research domain.

Table

Title of the paper	Name of authors	Name of Journals
The impact of Transformational and Authentic leadership on innovation in higher education: The contingent role of knowledge sharing	Elrehail et al. (2018)	Telematics And Informatics
The Interplay of Leadership Styles, Innovative Work Behavior, Organizational Culture, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior	M. A. Khan et al. (2020)	SAGE Open
Transformational leadership and innovation: the mediating role of knowledge sharing amongst higher education faculty	Al-Husseini et al. (2021)	International Journal of Leadership in Education
The effects of transformational leadership on organizational citizenship behavior: the role of organizational justice and affective commitment	Khaola and Rambe, (2021)	Management Research Review
Leadership style and job satisfaction in higher education institutions	Alonderiene and Majauskaite (2016)	International Journal of Educational Management
The influence of ethical leadership on academic employees’ organizational citizenship behavior and turnover intention: Mediating role of intrinsic motivation	Shareef and Atan (2019)	Management Decision
Influence of transformational leadership on role ambiguity and work – life balance of Filipino University employees during COVID-19: does employee involvement matter?	Charoensukmongkol and Puyod (2021)	International Journal of Leadership in Education
Intrapreneurial behavior in higher education institutes of Pakistan: The role of leadership styles and psychological empowerment	Farrukh et al. (2019)	Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
Transformational or transactional leadership style: Which affects work satisfaction and performance of Islamic university lecturers during COVID-19 pandemic?	Azizah et al. (2020)	Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy
How exploitative leadership influences on knowledge management processes: the moderating role of organizational citizenship behavior	Abdulmuhsin et al. (2021)	International Journal of Organizational Analysis
Servant leadership and academics outcomes in higher education: the role of job satisfaction	Aboramadan et al. (2021)	International Journal of Organizational Analysis
Transformational leadership as an antecedent of change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior	López-Domínguez et al. (2013)	Journal of Business Research
Evaluating the effect of transformational leadership on knowledge sharing using structural equation modeling: the case of Iraqi higher education	Al-Husseini and Elbeltagi (2018)	International Journal of Leadership In Education
Servant leadership and academics’ engagement in higher education: mediation analysis	M. Aboramadan, Dahleez and Hamad (2020)	Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
University teachers’ experiences of academic leadership and their approaches to teaching	Ramsden et al. (2007)	Learning And Instruction
The Impact of Leadership Styles on the Engagement of Cadres, Lecturers and Staff at Public Universities – Evidence from Vietnam	Suong et al. (2019)	Journal of Asian Finance Economics and Business
Spiritual leadership and employee performance: Mediating role of organizational commitment in Indonesian public university	Akbar et al. (2018)	Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior: Modeling emotional intelligence as mediator	Majeed et al. (2017)	Management and Marketing
Impact of psychological capital and authentic leadership on work engagement and job related affective well-being	Adil and Kamal (2016)	Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research
Transformational Leadership, Systems, and Intrinsic Motivation Impacts on Innovation in Higher Education Institutes: Faculty Perspectives in Engineering Colleges	Al-Mansoori and Koç (2019)	Sustainability
Leadership styles, job satisfaction and organizational commitment among academic staff in public universities	Mwesigwa et al. (2020)	Journal of Management Development
The role of leadership styles in organizational citizenship behavior through the mediation of perceived organizational support and job satisfaction	Asgari et al. (2020)	Innovar
Authentic leadership and psychological capital in job demands-resources model among Pakistani university teachers	Adil and Kamal (2020)	International Journal Of Leadership In Education
How transformational and contingent reward leaderships influence university faculty’s organizational commitment: the mediating effect of psychological empowerment	Huang et al. (2021)	Studies in Higher Education
The impact of ethical leadership on organizational citizenship behaviors: Moderating role of organizational cynicism	Nemr and Liu (2021)	Cogent Business and Management
Relationship among leadership style, organizational culture and employee commitment in university libraries	Awan and Mahmood (2010)	Library Management
Exploring the influence of transformational leadership on work engagement and workplace spirituality of academic employees in the private higher education institutions in Malaysia	Arokiasamy and Tat (2020)	Management Science Letters
Leadership styles and employees’ turnover intention: Exploratory study of academic staff in a Malaysian college	Long et al. (2012)	World Applied Sciences Journal
The mediating effect of knowledge sharing among intrinsic motivation, high-performance work system and authentic leadership on university faculty members’ creativity	Hassan and Din (2019)	Management Science Letters
Implementing the student-centered teaching approach in Vietnamese universities: the influence of leadership and management practices on teacher engagement	Nghia et al. (2018)	Educational Studies
The impact of transformational leadership on organizational citizenship behavior: Evidence from Malaysian higher education context	Al-Mamary et al. (2021)	Human Systems Management
Empirical investigation of moderating and mediating variables in between transformational leadership and related outcomes: A study of higher education sector in North India	Jyoti and Bhau (2016)	International Journal of Educational Management
Leadership styles at Syrian higher education: What matters for organizational learning at public and private universities?	Khalifa and Ayoubi (2015)	International Journal of Educational Management
Authentic leadership style and academia’s creativity in higher education institutions: Intrinsic motivation and mood as mediators	I. Ahmad et al. (2015)	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
How ethical leadership stimulates academics’ retention in universities: The mediating role of job-related affective well-being	S. Ahmad et al. (2018)	International Journal of Educational Management
Ethical leadership and young university teachers’ work engagement: A moderated mediation model	Zeng & Xu (2020)	International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health
A framework of brand-centered training and development activities, transformational leadership and employee brand support in higher education	Sujchaphong et al. (2020)	Journal Of Brand Management
Spiritual leadership, job satisfaction, and its effect on organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior	Djaelani et al. (2020)	Management Science Letters
The mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship of transformational leadership and intention to quit: Evidence from local colleges in pampanga, Philippines	Lacap (2019)	Asia-Pacific Social Science Review
Effect of ecological, servant dan digital leadership style influence university performance? evidence from Indonesian universities	Quddus et al. (2020)	Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy
Direct and indirect effect of ethical leadership on employee behaviors in higher education	Dinc (2018)	International Journal of Management in Education
Shared leadership and organizational citizenship behavior in Jordanian public universities: Developing a global workforce for the 21st century	Khasawneh (2011)	Educational Management Administration and Leadership
Supervisors’ paternalistic leadership influences college English teachers’ teaching efficacy in China	Song (2016)	Social Behavior and Personality
Effect of transformational leadership and high performance work system on job motivation and task performance: Empirical evidence from business schools of Thailand universities	Pongpearchan (2016)	Journal of Business and Retail Management Research
An investigation on the nexus between leadership style and job satisfaction of library staff in private university libraries South-West, Nigeria	Jerome (2018)	Library Philosophy and Practice
The impact of transformational leadership and psychological empowerment on organizational citizenship behaviors: A PLS-SEM approach	Abdulrab et al. (2020)	Journal of Critical Reviews
The mediating effect of organizational citizenship behavior in the relationship between transformational leadership and corporate social responsibility practices: Middle eastern example/Jordan	Alshihabat and Atan (2020)	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Transformational and transactional leadership influence on knowledge management activities of librarians in university libraries in Nigeria	Ugwu and Okore (2020)	Journal Of Librarianship And Information Science
Effects of green transformational and ethical leadership on green creativity, eco-innovation and energy efficiency in higher education sector of Indonesia	Bahzar (2019)	International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
Transition from educational leadership to e-leadership: A data analysis report from TEI of western Greece	Antonopoulou et al. (2019)	International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research
LEADERSHIP STYLES AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS AT INDONESIAN HIGHER EDUCATION: PATTERNS, INFLUENCES, AND APPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIZATION	Udin et al. (2019)	Organizations And Markets In Emerging Economies
Mediation effect of knowledge management on the relationship between transformational leadership and job performance of librarians in university libraries in Nigeria	Ugwu (2019)	Journal Of Librarianship And Information Science
Lecturers’ perception toward chaiperson leadership style, task-oriented, relationship-oriented in promoting work motivation level in smart campus university	Basri et al. (2018)	International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology
The Influence Personality and Leader Behaviours have on Teacher Self-leadership in Vocational Colleges	Marshall et al. (2012)	Educational Management Administration and Leadership
The impact of transformational leadership on organizational performance case study: The University of Jordan	Alsayyed et al. (2020)	International Journal of Business Excellence
The relationship between empowering leadership, work characteristics, and work engagement among academics: A sem mediation analysis	Helland et al. (2020)	Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
Investigating the relationship between benevolent leadership and the organizational citizenship behavior of academic staff: The mediating role of leader-member exchange	Ho and Le (2020)	Management in Education
Spiritual leadership and Islamic organizational citizenship behavior: Examining mediation-moderated process	Supriyanto and Ekowati (2020)	International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change
Investigating leadership and employee well-being in higher education	Samad et al. (2022)	Personnel Review
Ethical leadership, good governance and employee commitment: Testing a moderated mediation model in public universities of Ethiopia	Gollagari et al. (2021)	Journal Of Public Affairs
Ethical leadership and improved work behaviors: A moderated mediation model using prosocial silence and organizational commitment as mediators and employee engagement as moderator	Imam and Kim (2022)	Current Psychology
Creating satisfied employees in Christian higher education: Research on leadership competencies	Webb (2008)	Christian Higher Education
The effect of the leadership perception and organizational justice on organizational commitment: A research in a state university	Taner et al. (2015)	International Review of Management and Marketing
The Relationship between distributed leadership practices and academic optimism among faculty members in Northern Border University [Northern Border üniversitesi öğretim elemanlarinin dağitimci liderlik uygulamalari ve akademik iyimserliği arasindaki ilişki]	Alenezi (2018)	Pegem Egitim ve Ogretim Dergisi
Analysis of leadership styles developed by teachers and administrators in technical-technological programs: the case of the Cooperative University of Colombia	Cuadros et al. (2018)	International Journal Of Leadership In Education
Does a transformational and transactional leadership style predict organizational commitment among public university lecturers in Nigeria?	Othman et al. (2012)	Asian Social Science
New leadership style and lecturers’ commitment in Yemen higher education institutions	Saeed et al. (2013)	World Applied Sciences Journal
Examine the effect of individual creativity on job performance with the mediating role of ethical leadership of headquarters staff of Hormozgan University of medical sciences	Taboli and Zaerizadeh (2016)	International Business Management
Leadership style as a predictor of employee commitment in university libraries in South-West, Nigeria	Mayowa-Adebara and Opeke (2019)	Library Management
Leadership style, culture and commitment: An analytical study of university libraries in Pakistan	Awan et al. (2014)	Library Philosophy and Practice
Influence of Ownership Structure and Leadership Styles on Turnover Intention of LIS Professionals: Empirical Evidence from Private Universities in Osun State Nigeria	Hamzat et al. (2020)	Library Philosophy and Practice
The effect of transactional and transformational leadership on lecturer performance with job satisfaction as the mediation	Angriani et al. (2020)	Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy
Leadership styles and job satisfaction in the colleges of nursing among the universities in Zamboanga City	Celdran (2020)	International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change
Exploring the impact of transformational leadership on process innovation and product innovation: A case of Iraqi public universities	Hussain et al. (2014)	Asian Social Science
Work motivation of teachers: Relationship with transformational and transactional leadership behavior of college principals	George and Sabhapathy (2010)	Academic Leadership
The impact of ethical leadership on employee engagement within a South African public higher education institution	Bhana and Suknunan (2019)	Problems and Perspectives in Management
Investigating the relationship between transformational leadership style and organizational identity of faculty members in the State Universities of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran	Hesar et al. (2019)	Serbian Journal of Management
A PLS analysis on the relationship between servant leadership and academicians OCB in MTUN universities	Rashid et al. (2019)	International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology
The effect of motivation, working environment, and self leadership on lecturer performance at politeknik negeri jember	Kurniawati and Tobing (2019)	International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research
HRM practices as determinates of the employee intention to stay: The moderating effect of transformational leadership: A case of higher education institutes in UAE	Abudaqa et al. (2019)	Humanities and Social Sciences Reviews
Transformational Leadership Style and Employee Creativity: A Case Study in Yazd Medical University	Ranjbar et al. (2019b)	Health Care Manager
The role of servant leadership and organizational climate on organizational citizenship behavior with job satisfaction as mediator	Wahyu et al. (2019)	International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research
The study of relationship between leadership styles (Transformational/Transactional) and knowledge conversion processes among faculty members in university	Allameh et al. (2012)	Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
Motivation sources and leadership styles among middle managers at a South African university	Chipunza and Matsumunyane (2018)	SA Journal of Human Resource Management
Impact of leadership styles on employee engagement and conflict management practices in Nigerian universities	Akanji et al. (2018)	Issues In Educational Research
Organic leadership style and employee engagement: The mediating effect of social relevance of work in context of faculty members in higher education	Dang and Basur (2017)	Purushartha
The influence of ethical leadership on lecturers’ job involvement	Hussin et al. (2009)	Academic Leadership
A study of relationship between consequences of leadership and transformational leadership style of the presidents of Iranian universities and institutions of higher education	Noorshahi and Sarkhabi (2008)	Academic Leadership
Relationship between head of department leadership styles and lecturers job satisfactions in Nigerian public universities	Sakiru et al. (2014)	Asian Social Science
Leadership, peer relationship, and transformational organizational culture: A relational approach to a Taiwan college music faculty sample	Ji and Chuang (2012)	International Journal of Music Education
A study of relationship between transformational leadership and personnel creativity in higher education centers	Ghorbani and Yekta (2012)	World Applied Sciences Journal
The relationships between sex-role characteristics and leadership behaviors of faculty members at the Hashemite University	Al-Omari (2008)	Journal of Institutional Research South East Asia
Transformational leadership style and knowledge management among university administrators in Malaysia: Examining the moderating effect of organizational structure	Darus et al. (2014)	International Journal of Economic Research
Effect of transformational leadership on employee stress and fatigue in payam noor university	Amirkhani and Kazemi (2016)	International Business Management
Leadership skill, leadership style and job commitment among academic staff of Nigerian universities: the moderating effects of employee’s attitude and work environment	Ekpe et al. (2017)	International Journal of Management in Education
Investigating the relationship between a cooperative leadership style and the rate of employee motivation (case study: University of Sistan and Baluchestan)	Sheikhzadeh (2017)	International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research
Transformational leadership and employee organizational commitment in a rural-based higher education institution in South Africa	Ndlovu et al. (2018)	Sa Journal Of Human Resource Management
Effect of authentic leadership on academic atmosphere and organizational culture in Indonesian Islamic higher education	Shulhan (2019)	International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change
The interactive relationship between paternalistic leadership strategies and organizational innovation for addressing organizational Slack: An analytical study of a sample from faculties at Dhi-Qar University	Ghabash et al. (2019)	International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change
The moderating role of entrepreneur orientation in the relationship between knowledge management, transformational leadership and performance of Higher Education Institutes in Thailand	Somjai and Sangperm (2019)	International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change
The impact of leadership styles, perception toward gender and working experience on employees’ job satisfaction in the higher education institute	Veerasundar and Maideen (2019)	International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering
The effects of transformational leadership, learning organizations and decision making on lecturers’ professional commitment	Simanjuntak et al. (2019)	International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering
The mediating role of a quality academic process on the relationship between distributed leadership and the effectiveness of public universities in Nigeria	Kayode et al. (2019)	Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences
Model of relationship of transformational leadership and university management [Modelo de relación de liderazgo transformacional y gerencia universitaria]	Pérez-Ortega and Moreno-Freites (2019)	DYNA (Colombia)
The moderating role of type of university in the relationship between transformational leadership and supply chain management: Evidence from universities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq	Waisy and Wei (2019)	International Journal of Supply Chain Management
The effect of transformational leadership, management information system, and organizational climate on lecturers’ job satisfaction	Mukhtar and Anwar (2019)	International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research
A Study of Leadership Style on Employees’ Performance in Some Selected Private Universities in Ghana	Andoh and Ghansah (2019)	International Journal Of Engineering Research In Africa
The role of smart working in mediating participatory altruistic leadership, competence, quality knowledge in learning performance of lecturers in higher education	Handayani et al. (2020)	International Journal of Higher Education
Transformational leadership, general competence, special competence, affective commitment, as an impact on lecturer performance with lecturer certification as a moderating variable	Paramarta et al. (2020)	Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems
Transformational leadership influence on job engagement: Case study in Indonesian lecturers	Nurtjahjani et al. (2020)	International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research
EXPLORATION OF LEADERSHIP STYLES AND EMPLOYEES’ COMMITMENT TO EFFECTIVE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN A UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN GHANA	Banji (2020)	Library Philosophy and Practice
Authentic leadership and teachers’ ‘green’ knowledge management in higher education-mediating effect of trust	Hou et al. (2020)	Journal Of Environmental Protection And Ecology
The Moderating Effect of Transformational Leadership on Relationship between Organizational Silence and Knowledge Transfer among Librarians in Federal Universities in Southern Nigeria	Popoola (2021)	International Journal of Information Science and Management
Creative leadership and its relationship to thinking styles among Saudi University leaders	Alshammri and Alenezi (2021)	International Journal of Education and Practice
Mediation and moderation models on the effect of empowering leadership and professionalism toward lecturer performance	Fikri et al. (2021)	Quality – Access to Success
Integrative Leadership Style of Libraries at Islamic Universities in Indonesia	Agusta and Nurdin (2021)	Library Philosophy and Practice
Leadership style and performance in higher education: the role of organizational justice	I. U. Khan et al. (2021)	International Journal of Leadership in Education
Inclusive leadership and extra-role behaviors in higher education: does organizational learning mediate the relationship?	Aboramadan et al. (2022)	International Journal of Educational Management
The mutual impact of university president’s leadership and organizational justice on knowledge sharing: the mediating effect of communication	Kim et al. (2021)	Industrial And Commercial Training
Influence of differential leadership on teachers’ professional ethics: an empirical study from Chinese universities	Zhu & Guo (2021)	Asia Pacific Education Review
Building The Relationship of Islamic Transglobal Leadership with Human Resource Performance Through a Meaningful Work, Engagement, and Creativity	El Junusi et al. (2021)	International Journal of Economics and Management
The managerial effects of leadership, knowledge sharing and innovation in higher education [Efekty menedżerskie przywództwa, dzielenia się wiedzą i innowacją w szkolnictwie wyższym]	Anis et al. (2021)	Polish Journal of Management Studies
The relationship between technology leadership and teacher ICT competency in higher education	Yuting et al. (2022)	Education and Information Technologies
The Impact of Empowering Leadership on Job Performance of Higher Education Institutions Employees: Mediating Role of Goal Clarity and Self-Efficacy	Ahmed et al. (2022)	Psychology Research and Behavior Management
The relationship between spiritual leadership and human engineering among university employees: The mediating role of mindfulness	Mohammed et al. (2022)	Global Business and Organizational Excellence
The impact of transformational leadership style and employee creativity on organizational innovation in universities during the COVID-19 pandemic	Ngo et al. (2022)	Humanities and Social Sciences Letters
Impact of leadership style on employee commitment in Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia	HassenYimam (2022)	Teaching Public Administration

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The authors confirm that the data (articles) supporting the findings of this study are available within the article as supplementary materials and can be found in Appendix.