The relationship between transformational leadership and organizational creativity and innovation in private insurance companies in Iran

Mazloomi, N.; Nasehifar, V.; Ehsan Far, G.

doi:10.22056/ijir.2013.01.02

Document Type : Original Research Paper

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Department of Business Management, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22056/ijir.2013.01.02

Abstract

One of the factors influencing creativity and innovation is leadership. Transformational leaders are looking for new ways of doing work, new opportunities and empowering employees to achieve the goals of the organization. The current research was also conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational creativity and innovation in private insurance companies in Iran. To collect data, two questionnaires were used and sampling was done by stratified random method. In this research, 138 senior managers of private insurance companies were selected as a statistical sample to answer the questions of organizational creativity and innovation questionnaire. A sample of 300 employees also participated in completing the transformational leadership questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation model (SEM) based on Lisrel software were used to evaluate the structural model. According to the results obtained from the hypothesis test, the findings indicate that transformational leadership is related to organizational innovation and the variable of organizational creativity plays a mediating role.

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Volume 2, Issue 1 - Serial Number 3
January 2013
Pages 18-31

The relationship between transformational leadership and organizational creativity and innovation in private insurance companies in Iran

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Volume 2, Issue 1 - Serial Number 3January 2013Pages 18-31

Volume 2, Issue 1 - Serial Number 3
January 2013
Pages 18-31