Interplay of Organizational Culture and Leadership Practices Among Unit Heads and Administrative Staff of Eastern Samar State University – Main Campus

This study examined the interplay of organizational culture and leadership practices among Unit Heads and Administrative Staff of Eastern Samar State University - Main Campus.The study employed a quantitative descriptive-correlational research design. Data were gathered from 96 respondentsof ESSU - Main Campus throughtotal enumeration sampling. Two-part survey questionnaire form was utilized. The first part was researcher-developed items on Organizational Culture and the Second Part was a modified adapted leadership practices questionnaire by Bass and Avolio (1992) The results indicated that the organizational culture of ESSU - Main Campus was frequently observed,with Service receiving the highest mean of 3.51, followed by Excellence with mean of 3.48 and Accountability with mean of 3.40. Similarly, both Transformational Leadership with mean of 3.46 and Transactional Leadership with mean of 3.44 were frequently practiced. Transformational Leadership and Transactional Leadership both demonstrated significant positive relationships with Excellence (r = 0.576), Accountability (r = 0.620), and Service (r = 0.555). All relationships were statistically significant at p < 0.01. Furthermore, overall Organizational Culture exhibited a moderately strong positive relationship with Transformational Leadership (r = 0.654) and a moderate positive relationship with Transactional Leadership (r = 0.528), both significant at p < 0.01. The study concludes that leadership practices were significantly and positively associated with organizational culture among Unit Heads and Administrative Staff of ESSU - Main Campus. Transformational Leadership demonstrated a stronger relationship with organizational culture than Transactional Leadership.