Path Model on Organizational Effectiveness of Higher Education Institutions in Mindanao, Philippines

An Explanatory Sequential Approach

Abstract

This mixed methods study determined the best-fit path model for organizational effectiveness among Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) personnel in Region 12. The explanatory sequential design was used, along with stratified random sampling, path analysis, and thematic analysis, to obtain data from 250 teaching and non-teaching members for the quantitative survey and ten purposively selected participants for the in-depth interview and focus group discussion. Quantitative results showed high levels for all variables and significant relationships between the exogenous variables transformational leadership (TL), organizational health (OH and total quality management (TQM), and the endogenous variable organizational effectiveness (OE). Moreover, generated Model 3 was the best path model for the organizational effectiveness of HEIs, with transformational leadership and total quality management emerging as predictors of organizational effectiveness, while organizational health had no direct effect. The participants' high ratings of the variables and the importance of transformational leadership and total quality management on organizational effectiveness were confirmed in the qualitative experiences and insights; therefore, the integration was connecting-merging (confirmation). The best-fit path model 3 was also established, suggesting the statistical influence of TL and TQM on OE. However, the participants did not confirm total quality management as the best predictor of organizational effectiveness and the negligible effect of organizational health on organizational effectiveness, leading to a connecting-merging (expansion) integration.