Leadership and Educational Excellence through Mediating Role of Total Quality Management Implementation: An Empirical Evidence from Higher Education Institutes

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between leadership and educational excellence with the mediating effect of total quality management. The data was collected from the private sector higher education institutes of Lahore. Questionnaire-based survey was used to collect data from 150 respondents comprising of students’, teachers’ and non-academic administration from six private sectors higher educational institutes of Lahore. Hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling. Results reveal that leadership positively influences educational excellence in the higher education institutes whereas, this mechanism is partially supported considering total quality management as the mediating variable. This study is novel and has implications for the higher education institutions