The Leadership Characteristics of Administrator of Chongqing Normal University

Abstract

           The objectives of this research were: To study the leadership characteristics of administrator of Chongqing Normal University；To study the development guideline for leadership characteristics of administrator of Chongqing Normal University. This study adopts quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the leadership characteristics of university administrators. The random sampling group was 327 teachers at Chongqing Normal University, which seven teachers were selected as the interviewees. The research instruments were questionnaire and interview form. The statistic used was frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and content analysis.
           The results showed that leadership characteristics of university administrators are at a high level , with the highest being communication ability , followed by executive ability, with the lowest level is academic leadership and innovation ability. The most necessary leadership characteristic for excellent university administrators is management ability. It is necessary to improve the leadership of university administrators from aspects such as learning, training, assessment, international communication, establishing incentive systems, and establishing fault tolerance systems.