The Infl uence of the Leadership in Technical and Vocational Education

ABSTRACT: Leadership in general is a process to infl uences the human activities, which has connection with what they need to do to achieve the organisation’s objectives. Meanwhile, leadership research has taken diff erent perspectives: leader traits, behaviours, and the infl uences of situational characteristics on leader eff ectiveness, for example, have all been studied. This study was performed to obtain the relationship between the elements of leadership among administrators at the polytechnic in Malaysia. A total of 102 administrators who have been involved in this study. Data were collected using a set of instruments to measure the elements of leadership. Data were analyzed using the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) 21. The fi ndings of the analysis of structural equation indicates that Strategic Thinking, Vision and Mission, Rewards, Personality, and Innovative Thinking have had signifi cantly high correlation between each other. The fi ndings show also that the elements of Strategic Thinking and Rewards infl uenced in developing the Vision and Mission of the TVE (Technical and Vocational Education). In addition, the Personality has also a signifi cant relationship with the elements of Rewards and Innovative Thinking. As a leader in TVE institutions, it is necessary for the leaders to practice the eff ective leadership style as well as the realization of education and training systems in line with industry requirements and the current market.