Investigating the Impact of Leadership Effectiveness on Gender Egalitarianism in the Public Universities of Pakistan with the Mediation of Talent Development and Moderation of Perceived Government Support

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the relationship between leadership effectiveness and gender equality by moderation of perceived government support and mediation of talent development. Through online and self-administered questionnaires, 215 female leaders working at Pakistan's public universities in Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad provided the data. Purposive sampling is employed in this study, and the association between the variables is assessed using PLS-SEM. Findings show that perceived government support has a significant relationship with women's leadership effectiveness, it doesn’t moderate the relationship between gender equality and leadership effectiveness. Instead, talent development mediates this relationship. The research demonstrates that universities 
should concentrate on the talent development of their female employees along with government support by creating strategies for women's empowerment to make use of inherent women leadership effectiveness. With emphasis on the higher education in Pakistan, study focuses on the empirical investigation of gender equality and leadership 
effectiveness in the Asian context.