Paradoxical leadership and its role in achieving harmony in the workplace A survey study of the personnel working at the Presidency of the University of Mosul

Abstract

The research aimed to measure the role of Paradoxical leadership through its dimensions in achieving harmony in the workplace. The research was applied in the presidency of the University of Mosul. The researchers adopted the descriptive analytical approach in dealing with all the research axes, starting from presenting the methodological frameworks, passing through the theoretical thought, and ending with processing, analyzing and interpreting the data. To conduct the analytical aspect of the research, the questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of employees in the presidency of the University of Mosul, amounting to (325) individuals, which is a representative sample of its community, which amounted to (1300) individuals. (300) forms were retrieved from it in their final form suitable for analysis to represent the actual size of the research sample. A set of statistical tools and methods were used in the research to analyze the practical aspect, represented by (percentages, average, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, repetitions, correlation coefficient, simple linear regression coefficient), and this was done using the SPSS V26 software)) to reach the numerical results intended for the research, which determined the fate of its hypotheses through statistical tests. The researchers were able to present a set of results, the most important of which is the existence of a positive, significant correlation between contradictory leadership and workplace harmony, as well as a significant effect between them.