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Correlates of Institutional Performance Among Program Heads of NISU

Wilfreda Arones

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study aimed to determine the knowledge management practices, leadership styles, organizational culture, and job satisfaction among the Program Heads of Northern Iloilo State University (NISU) using a correlational research design. The 36 program heads of were the respondents selected using a purposive sampling technique. The researcher-made instrument on managerial practices, knowledge management, culture, leadership, and a standardized questionnaire on job satisfaction by Paul E. Spector was used to gather the necessary data. Frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson r were the statistical tools used to analyze the data gathered with the aid of SPSS software. Results revealed that the program heads of highly practiced managerial practices such as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. The program heads of very highly practiced knowledge application and highly practiced knowledge creation, knowledge storage/retrieval, and knowledge transfer/sharing. The majority of program heads of were participative while the rest were delegative and authoritarian. They had a competitive organizational culture followed by consensual, entrepreneurial, and bureaucratic. They were highly satisfied with their jobs in general and in terms of pay, promotion, supervision, fringe benefits, contingent rewards, operating conditions, co-workers, nature of work, and communication. Significant relationships existed between managerial practices and knowledge.