The Impact of Leadership Qualities of Emerging Saudi Leaders in Supporting Saudi Vision 2030

Abstract

The importance of the study stems from the importance of the topic itself, as it addresses a sensitive aspect, namely leadership, where the Saudi Vision 2030 needs to know the leadership capabilities of emerging Saudi leaders to ensure the readiness and qualification of future leaders to support the current implementation of the vision and move forward with strategic initiatives after implementation. The study aimed to identify the impact of leadership qualities among emerging Saudi leaders in support of Saudi Vision 2030. The study community consisted of 28 commercial companies, all operating in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Stakeholders and all employees with senior management levels in the companies under study were targeted. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher designed a questionnaire and distributed it to the study sample consisting of 128 respondents, where 102 questionnaires were retrieved valid for analysis. The study reached a number of results: the most important of which are: the level of leadership availability in its dimensions (Ideal Effect, Motivation, individual corporatism, intellectual excitement, and empowerment) in the commercial companies studied in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was high; the effectiveness of supporting the kingdom's Vision 2030 within the companies studied in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was high. There is a statistically significant impact of the leadership qualities of emerging Saudi leaders to significantly support the Saudi Vision 2030. The study recommended: enhancing the reliance on leadership style within the Departments of Saudi companies in order to increase the effectiveness of contributing to the kingdom's Vision 2030, encouraging the adoption of the concept of "Ideal Effect" among working leaders by working as models that these employees seek to emulate.