Does Strategic Leadership Support Organizational Commitment: Evidence from Islamic Banks in Kuwait

Abstract

The need for loyal strategic leadership has never been more important than it is today. The twenty-first century requires - as no other century has ever imposed - on the leaders of organizations to create strategic awareness and dynamic renewed processes, in order to ensure strategic consistency. From that point, current study aimed at examining the influence of strategic leadership on developing organizational commitment within Islamic banks in Kuwait. Quantitative approach was adopted depending on a questionnaire that was distributed on (273) employees within Islamic banks in Kuwait. With an R value of (.817) results of study indicated an influence of strategic leadership on organizational commitment through its impact from a managerial perspective which scored an R value of (.769) and ethical perspective with an R value of (.495). Study recommended promoting strategic leadership practices by investing in human capital and focusing on continuous learning and improvement