Work Environment as Mediator between Academic Leaders Leadership Skills and Teachers Job Performance in Public Sector Universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abstract

This study examined the mediating role of work environment on the relationship between academic leaders’ leadership skills and job performance by using a quantitative survey approach. The present study's data came from a doctoral dissertation from 9 public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 306 teachers and 92 Heads of teaching Departments were randomly chosen. An adapted questionnaire based on five-point Likert scale was used to gather data. The questionnaire's reliability score was 0.92.The mediation effects were examined using Amos software, following the guiding principles of Baron and Kenny (1986). The results of the value of p < 0.05 and the value of indirect effect revealed that the work environment partially mediates the relationship between job performance of teachers and leadership skills of HODs, providing crucial new insights into the underlying mechanisms of this relationship.