Providing a Leadership Model in Higher Education with an Approach to the Quality of Working life of Employees (the case study of Isfahan Islamic Azad Universities)

Universities are facing increasing challenges in the third millennium AD, solving such challenges requires leaders. Now, if in any way, leadership in universities is neglected or faced with imprudence, it will directly have a destructive effect on the quality of working life of employees. The aim of the research is to present a leadership model with an approach to the quality of working life of employees of Isfahan Islamic Azad Universities.

The research method is qualitative, applied study, and the data analysis method is thematic analysis. The data collection tool is an unstructured interview with 30 experts who were selected through purposive sampling.

Based on data analysis, leadership style (721 examples, 32 sub-themes, 14 main themes) and work life quality (273 examples, 23 sub-themes, 17 main themes) were presented. The obtained results led to the presentation of 6 leadership styles and 8 components of the quality of work life as a general axis, based on the number of general axes, a conceptual model of university leadership with an approach to the quality of work life of employees was presented, which was approved by management experts.

It can be concluded that the leadership style improves the quality and empowerment of employees with regard to the quality of work life