Creative Leadership Research Articles

Academic leadership and decision-making in institutions of higher learning in Zimbabwe: Trends and tribulations

Orientation: The global technological and sociopolitical transformations sweeping across tertiary institutions demand dynamic, proactive and creative leaders who are capable of harnessing the various leadership and decisional skills the diversified experts possess through shared governance. Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that academic leaders are endowed with leadership and decision-making skills and use a preferred situational style or model to attain organisational goals. Motivation for the study: Tertiary institutions demand transformational leaders endowed with appropriate decisional skills and a participative culture for the attainment of organisational goals with the ultimate aim of achieving world-class standards in their volatile environments. Research approach/design and method: Pragmatism informed the mixed methods approach (MMA) utilised. Qualitative data was generated from 10 purposely selected participants using open-ended questions of a case study design, while quantitative data was gathered from 58 systematically sampled respondents using a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Samples were limited by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Main findings: The study revealed that the institutional leaders investigated preferred the transformational leadership style used in conjunction with the rational and creative decision-making models because they were found to be participative, innovative and compatible with the Ministry’s Education 5.0 policy. An eclectic approach was equally suggested. Practical/managerial implications: Shared governance and collective responsibility were suggested in conceiving strategic plans as effective leadership and decision-making skills are not confined to a single individual. Contribution/value-add: Managerial leadership in tertiary institutions must devolve power and flatten the organogram if leadership and decisional skills possessed by followers are to be tapped.

Indonesian Maritime E-Leadership Training Towards a Digital-Based Marine Transportation System

In the era of digitalizing, a leader is needed who can provide clear direction and goals and understand digital development technology. The development of digital-based information systems in the transportation sector will have an impact on reducing logistics costs. For this reason, digital-based leadership is needed in all sectors, including the maritime sector. The purpose of this community service is to conduct Indonesian maritime e-leadership training toward a digital-based marine transportation system. The purpose of this e-leadership training is to increase knowledge of leadership ethos, increase leadership talents and interests, increase leadership creativity and reasoning power, and cultivate the spirit of community insight. Community service model in the form of training and service to the community. The training was carried out online and was attended by 531 students divided into 4 sessions, session I as many as 178 students, session II as many as 122 cadets, session 3 as many as 102 and session 4 as many as 129 cadets. The results of the service obtained that the benefits of Indonesia's maritime e-leadership training towards a digital-based marine transportation system are an increase in knowledge of leadership ethos, an increase in leadership talents and interests, an increase in leadership creativity and reasoning power, and fostering a spirit of community insight with an average answer of 73.04%, agreeing by 22.79% and disagreeing by 4.17%.

Ann Marie O'Roark (1933-2022).

Memorializes Ann Marie O'Roark (1933-2022). Ann was a pioneer in applying psychology in consulting and international psychology. She blazed other trails, especially for women, using her strong interpersonal and political skills to help organizations run smoother and better fulfill their missions. Ann frequently instructed in leadership development at the Center for Creative Leadership, the Development Institute at Eckerd College, and the American Management Association's Executive Effectiveness Course. From 1976 to 2006, she successfully ran her own independent practice, consulting in the private sector, government, and professional associations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

예술⋅문화교육프로그램 참여 청소년의 창의성이 창의적 리더십에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of creativity of adolescents participating in arts and culture programs on creative leadership. Methods In order to achieve the purpose of this study, a survey was conducted targeting 700 second and third year high school students located in Daejeon Metropolitan City, Gyeonggi-do, Gangwon-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Chungcheong-do. Among the non-probability sampling methods, the objective sampling method was applied. Five sub-factors of creativity were selected as curiosity, sensitivity, task obsession, humor, and independent adventure, and three sub-factors of creative leadership were problem-solving leadership, personal leadership, and social leadership. Results Through this study, the positive influence relationship between creativity and creative leadership, that is, problem-solving leadership, personal leadership, and social leadership, was confirmed among adolescents who had participated in arts and cultural education programs. Since the sub-factors of creativity according to the characteristics of participants have been identified, the results of this study are expected to contribute to the development of specific creativity. In addition, it will be useful as a basic data for the development, dissemination and education of customized arts and culture programs according to the characteristics of school-age adolescents. Conclusions Since the influence of the creativity of the youth who participated in the arts and culture program on creative leadership has been confirmed, it is necessary to develop an effective arts and culture program to promote the creativity of the youth and to strengthen the creative leadership competency.

CREATIVE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO INSTITUTIONAL SCHOOL EXCELLENCE IN IRBID GOVERNORATE, JORDAN

Creative leadership competencies for secondary school principals are important to support their roles in developing creative ideas and actions at school and in creating conditions that foster creativity in the school. This is reflected in enhancing the level of institutional school excellence and enabling the school to compete locally and regionally. Therefore, this study is one of the recent studies in the field of school administration, which identified the creative leadership competencies of secondary school principals and their relationship to institutional school excellence. To achieve the objective of the study, the descriptive approach was used. The study sample consisted of 102 male and female principals, who were selected from the Irbid Governorate in Jordan. The Creative Leadership Competencies Questionnaire and the Institutional School Excellence Questionnaire were used to collect data after verifying the indications of their validity and reliability. The results showed that the degree of creative leadership competencies for secondary school principals from the perspective of the study sample came with a medium degree. Also, the level of institutional school excellence was medium. Additionally, there was a positive, direct, and statistically significant correlation between the degree of creative leadership competencies for secondary school principals and the level of institutional school excellence in secondary schools.

The Relationship Between School Administrators’ Creative Leadership Qualities and School’s Organizational Intelligence Levels

This study aims to investigate the relationships between the creative leadership qualities of school administrators and the organizational intelligence of schools. This is a correlational study, one of the methods of quantitative research. Teachers from the Van districts of pekyolu, Tuşba, and Edremit are included in the study. The sample for this study consists of 451 teachers randomly selected from schools in these districts. The research data was collected using the Multidimensional Organizational Intelligence Scale and The Creative Leadership Qualities of School Administrators' Scale. Using the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, correlation average, and regression analysis, the data were analyzed. The study found a significant and positive correlation between the creative leadership qualities of school administrators and the organizational intelligence of schools. School administrators' creative leadership qualities and sub-dimensions are significant predictors of their institutions' organizational intelligence.

A Study on the Relationship between the Dynamic Behaviors of the Leader and Group Performance during Creativity.

The leader is considered to play key roles such as organization or management in promoting group creativity. Previous studies focused more on the psychological and behavioral characteristics rather than on the dynamic behaviors of leaders in group activity. In this study, two experiments were conducted to respectively explore the effects of emergent and elected leaders' problem-solving related utterances and turn-taking in conversation on group creativity. The results of Experiment 1 showed that, for emergent leaders, none of the utterances about problem solving of leaders was different from that of followers and leaders' utterances about retrospective summary were positively related to the appropriateness of group creativity; meanwhile, the frequency of turns of leaders was higher than that of followers and was positively related with the appropriateness of group creativity. The results of Experiment 2 showed that, for elected leaders, the utterances about problem analysis, strategy planning, control and reflection, and retrospective summary of leaders were more than that of followers and leaders' utterances about viewpoint generation were positively related to both novelty and appropriateness, while the frequency of turns of leaders was neither different from followers nor related to the novelty and appropriateness. This study focused on the dynamic behaviors of leaders in interpersonal interaction and revealed the role of leaders in group creativity.

Empowering Leadership in Creativity and Work-Effort: An Elucidation through the Psychological Empowerment and Self- Leadership of the Millennials Generation

The purpose of this article is to elucidate the relations of empowering leadership on creativity and work-effort by using psychological empowerment and self-leadership. This elucidation contributes to fill the void in empirical studies by simultaneously examining the dynamics of relations among empowering leadership, creativity, work-effort, psychological empowerment, and self-leadership. The social exchange theory is applied to theoretically explain the psychological mechanisms among the constructs. As millennials are categorized as a creative generation, this study focuses on discussing the factors influencing their creativity and work-effort, with a specific notion of empowerment. This study is based on survey data (n = 113) of millennial generation employees working in digital start-up creative industries in Indonesia. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is used to estimate the model. Results of the study find that empowering leadership influences employee creativity and work-effort either directly or indirectly through psychological empowerment and self-leadership. More specifically, the psychological empowerment of employees partially mediates the influence of empowering leadership on employee creativity and employee work-effort. Employee self-leadership also partially mediates the effect of empowering leadership on psychological empowerment, creativity, and employee work-effort. This study implies the practical and theoretical application of empowering leadership in the creativity context of the millennial generation.

OKUL MÜDÜRLERİNİN SERGİLEDİĞİ YARATICI LİDERLİK DAVRANIŞLARINA İLİŞKİN ÖĞRETMEN GÖRÜŞLERİ

Eğitim programlarının kalitesinin iyileştirilmesi sürecinde eğitim kurumlarında liderlik yapan kişiler büyük öneme sahiptir. Eğitimde yaratıcı lider olan kişi sadece sorunları çözmekle ilgilenmez sorunları tespit eder, tanımlar, düzeltir ve eğitim alan herkes için daha iyi bir gelecek hazırlamaktadır. Eğitimin kurumundaki liderlerin yaratıcı olması ile birlikte eğitim kurumundaki iletişim sistemi etkin bir şekilde çalışır, tüm personel takım hâlinde çalışır, yapılan hatalar hoş görülür ders çıkarılır, fikirler özgürce ifade edilir ve demokratik bir anlayışın inşa edilmesine olanak tanınır. Eğitim kurumunda yaratıcı liderlik yapan kişi eğitim ortamının kalitesini arttırmakla birlikte öğretmen, öğrenci ve de aileyi de etkilemektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacı okul müdürlerinin sergilediği yaratıcı liderlik davranışlarına ilişkin öğretmen görüşlerinin değerlendirilmesidir. Bu amaçla araştırma nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden durum çalışması yöntemi ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu farklı okul ve branşlarda görev yapmakta olan 12 kadın 13 erkek 25 ortaokul öğretmeni oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma verilerinin toplanmasında beş sorudan oluşan yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu kullanılmıştır. Araştırma verilerin analizinde içerik analizi yöntemi kullanılarak ortaya çıkan öğretmen görüşleri tema ve kodlar şeklinde incelenmiştir. Araştırma bulguları incelendiğinde okul müdürlerinin; yaratıcı liderlik özelliklerinin bireysel açıdan yeterli olduğu, yaratıcı lider olmasının okulun başarısını arttırdığı, yaratıcı lider olmalarının olumlu karşılandığı, okulun amaçlarına ulaşmasında çevre faktörünü göz ardı etmedikleri ve karşılaştıkları problemleri çözmede toplumsal çözümlere başvurmaya ağırlık verdikleri sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Developing Creative Leadership in the Use of Digital Communication Tools: A Psychological Perspective

Creative organizations have shifted their daily communication to the virtual environment in response to COVID-19. This study examines how media use affects the communication effectiveness between creative leaders and followers from a psychological perspective by reviewing the comprehensive literature on creative leadership, media use, and psychological distance. A mixed-method methodology is employed to investigate ten common media configurations. The findings indicate that configured digital communication tools create certain levels of psychological distance between leaders and followers. Thus, it is crucial for creative leaders to match the psychological distance of different media and construal orientations of creative tasks to cultivate followers’ creativity. Using reflective interviews with creative professionals, we determined the impact of psychological distance on creative leadership from three aspects: task performance, member feelings perception and technology selection. We also identified several situations that might hinder creativity. To conclude, this study proposes a “Cognitive Model of Media Use Strategy in Creative Leadership”, which aims to bridge the gap between creative leadership theory and media use theory from the organizational psychology perspective. This study confirms that psychological distance exists in the digital environment, thus expanding the application scenarios of “Construal Level Theory” as well as providing practical implications for media selection in creative leading processes.

Design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) in architectural design meetings: from a case study to knowledge-to-action framework

PurposeDesign for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) challenges architects in managing diverse knowledge across different professional domains. Little research, if any, has documented DfMA as a knowledge-intensive activity happening in real-life cases. This research aims to investigate DfMA knowledge acquisition, sharing and implementation in real-life practice and develop DfMA knowledge-to-action framework for architects.Design/methodology/approachIt does so by (1) conducting observations in design meetings, documentary analysis and interviews, (2) thematic analysis through knowledge management (KM) perspectives and (3) based on this profound understanding, enriching the prior understanding of design as a double diamond process.FindingsThrough the lens of KM, DfMA is not merely a double but multiple diamond process, involving the iteration of making absenting interdisciplinary knowledge available, deciphering tacit knowledge explicit and embedding the knowledge in a design that well considers various criteria, the downstream manufacturing, logistics and assembly in particular. To execute multi-faceted knowledge acquisitions and implementations in DfMA, architects should balance their roles as humble learners, team coordinators, creative leaders and democratic negotiators.Originality/valueThis research reveals the DfMA implementation process, activities and dilemmas from real-world design meetings. The DfMA knowledge-to-action framework developed in this study, along with practice examples and lessons learned, can facilitate architects to play new roles. Future research is recommended to fine-tune the framework by having other stakeholders’ perspectives, refining it with additional cases and developing assistive tools for designers based on the framework.

Creative Leadership and Its Relationship to Administrative Performance of Professional Supervisors as seen by Physical Education Teachers in the Province of Babylon

The problem of the research lies in the formulation of the main research question, which is: (What is the relationship between creative leadership and the administrative performance of pedagogical supervisors from the perspective of physical education teachers? As for the research objectives, they were (to elaborate measures of creative leadership and administrative performance for the specialized supervisors. To determine the relationship between creative leadership and administrative performance of specialized supervisors. The second chapter is about the research methodology, the research community and its sample. Two sections were divided into this community: preparatory samples and experimental samples. The researcher used the conditions for the construction and preparation of standards, exploratory experiments, main experiments, and statistical methods. In terms of the third chapter, only the results showing the correlation relationships between the level of creative leadership and the level of administrative performance of subject teachers are presented and discussed. The fourth chapter dealt with the conclusions and recommendations, the most important of which was (the measure of creative leadership for professional supervisors, which consisted of (53) paragraphs. In terms of the measure of the administrative performance consisted of (62) items. The results indicated that the specialized supervisors did not have the required level of creative leadership as well as administrative performance.

PERCEIVED INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES AND WORK ENGAGEMENT IN CIVIL SERVICE: A CHALLENGE FOR 21 CENTURY LEADER IN THE PUBLIC SECTORS OF MALAYSIA

Leadership in the 21st Century demands a great leader who is inclusive in leveraging knowledge, insights and perspectives in diverse workplaces which can make organizations capture a competitive advantage from changing demographics across the workplace and in the marketplace. It needs a leader to take on the opportunity, new way and understanding of what to do and how to do things differently. To be a great leader in public service, organizations would need to invest in developing them. Despite investing significant resources in the training and development of leaders for their competencies, quality, efficiency and improving organization’s performance, many leaders often feel unprepared to be inclusive. The aim of this study, therefore, is to examine how inclusive leadership challenges foster employee work engagement. Three key leadership challenges (personal leadership, managing and motivating, building and leading a team) were successfully identified by Centre for Creative Leadership (CCL) and measured as significant toward employee work engagement in the selected public sectors in Malaysia. A quantitative study was conducted, and hypotheses were tested on a sample of 240 employees in four divisions using Pearson correlation and Multiple Regressions analysis. The result shows that inclusive leadership challenges were positively associated with work engagement, personal leadership challenges with the unstandardized coefficients Beta value of 0.316 followed by building and leading team challenge with Beta value of 0.206 were supported and stronger predictors in influencing employees’ work engagement in the public sector. This study shows that greater concerns from the employees in the public sector on the quality of the leadership in the 21st Century currently bring daily to work practice. Inclusive leadership is crucial for employee engagement, commitment and performance. This study also contributes both theoretical and empirical value to the public sector in formulating proper strategies for having great leaders to fostering inclusiveness in employees’ work engagement.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0559/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Intercultural creative expression in two Australian performance works – Counting and Cracking and Mother Tongue

ABSTRACT Art can assist in exposure to difference, which may in turn open up spaces for dialogue between differences. This capacity to encourage and intervene necessarily operates at various levels and spheres and, in the arts, requires creative leadership. Creative leaders are those artists, recognised by their peers and public as artists who generate new developments in creative content to explore diversity. It is predominantly artists of non-English speaking background (‘NESB’) who bear the burden to generate the opportunities as the main producers of content that interacts with multicultural Australia. I am cautious to place sole responsibility onto the minorised and underpaid multicultural artist to transform Australian society. However, their creative leadership roles show that their work and processes can produce new narratives towards intercultural dialogues. Many ‘NESB’ artists adopt this mantle by undertaking new creative production with the potential to transform the symbols within society. This paper explores the ways in which social and creative symbols are re-negotiated through the work of two Australian performance artists. Writer and director Shakthi Shakthidharan; and dancer and choreographer, Annalouise Paul exemplify how artists from diverse backgrounds increase the level of culturally diverse creative production. They make meaning through the contestations and negotiations of multicultural Australia.

Perceiving the Consumer’s Desire and Transforming it into a Business Model : A Case Study of Morning Fresh, India’s No. 1 Hangover Cure & Detox Drink

An increasing number of Indians are drinking alcohol, but the latest study (“Alcohol Consumption in India,” 2022) shows that the country is experiencing a rise in smart drinking, limiting consumption within limits, and only on social occasions. The study conducted across three North Indian states found that there is now an increase in the number of people who drink at casual get-togethers, festivals, or social occasions; 54% of the respondents said that they drank at such events, while 44% admitted to responsibly following rules and regulations regarding alcohol consumption. According to recent research, the burden of alcohol in India costs the economy more than the Indian government’s whole health budget (Jyani et al., 2019). According to the findings of a study that was just recently published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, the economic loss that can be attributed to the negative effects of alcohol consumption accounts for approximately 1.45 percentage points of the total gross domestic product when tax receipts from the sale of alcohol are taken into account (GDP). To put this into perspective, the yearly expenditures of the government on health amount to around 1.1% of the GDP. According to the researchers’ projections, the whole social and economic cost of alcohol-related health disorders in 2050 would be more than the entire gross domestic product of India in 2018, which was INR 219.5 trillion. This development places one company at an advantage in further promoting responsible drinking among liquor drinkers. Looking at such a number of consumers with the social and health impact, the owner of Healthline Private Limited foresaw an opportunity not only to start an exponential revenue-generating product, but also to ameliorate the health problems in youngsters, thereby also limiting their habits’ ill effects on the society. The CEO of the company had a background of the F&B sector and was skilled in creative leadership, product innovation, and business development. This case examined how Healthline’s owners transformed an opportunity into a successful business model by introducing the most innovative and acceptable product, “Morning Fresh,” and underlined how crucial it is to understand customer desires. The case also emphasized the marketing strategies employed to capture the maximum possible market cap. I took the data from secondary sources and published resources (from 2014 to 2021) to analyze the complete case from different perspectives. I also explored how a consumer’s immediate needs and desires can be transformed into a successful business.

The Impact of Creative Leadership on Enhancing the Level of Organizational Culture (A Field Study on Non-profit Sector Organizations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

The study aimed to identify the impact of creative leadership in enhancing the level of organizational culture within non-profit organizations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to identify the impact of the dimensions of creative leadership (sensitivity to problems, perseverance, initiative, creativity) on organizational culture in the organization, to reveal the extent of the difference in opinions and perceptions Participants reported creative leadership due to demographic variables such as educational qualification, years of experience, and job title. The importance of the study stems from the direct discovery of creative leadership within the institutions of the non-profit sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to harness their creative capabilities to enhance the organizational culture of the organization. The results obtained by applying the study tool to the sample members showed: There is a statistically significant relationship with the dimensions of creative leadership, on organizational culture in non-profit organizations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; there are no statistically significant differences between the members of the study sample about creative leadership due to personal data. The study reached a number of recommendations, the most important of which are: The importance of including the concept of the non-profit sector in the administrative education curricula, The importance of establishing independent centers specialized in publishing scientific research and studies on the Saudi non-profit sector in all fields, establishing a center concerned with maximizing and measuring the social impact.

Develop Creative Leadership in the Use of Digital Communication Tools: A Psychological Perspective

Develop Creative Leadership in the Use of Digital Communication Tools: A Psychological Perspective

How Leader Creativity May Undermines Follower Creativity: A Dominance Complementarity Approach

Research on leadership has long hinted that followers benefit when they work under a creative leader. Drawing upon dominance complementarity theory, we developed and tested a model in which leader creativity undermines rather than facilitates follower creativity. Specifically, we propose leader creativity promotes follower dependency on the leader, which in turn reduces the likelihood of followers engaging in creative work. Moreover, this indirect inhibiting effect is particularly stronger for male than for female leaders because creativity of male leaders is more likely to stimulate follower dependency. Paired data from 98 leaders and 549 followers supported our hypotheses and implications were discussed.

The role of synergistic interplay among proactive personality, leader creativity expectations, and role clarity in stimulating employee creativity

This study investigates the interplay among proactive personality, leader creativity expectations, and role clarity in stimulating employee creativity based on the theoretical frameworks of role theory. Questionnaires were distributed to obtain 290 leader-employee dyads from China to examine hypotheses via conditional process analysis. The results show that proactive personality has a positive effect on employee creativity, leader creativity expectations did not play a significant moderating role on the relationship between proactive personality and employee creativity. The interaction between leader creativity expectations and role clarity has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between proactive personality and employee creativity. These findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical significance.

How leader emotional labour is associated with creativity: A self‐determination theory perspective

AbstractEmotional labour is an important but overlooked leadership function. In the present research, we draw from the self‐determination theory perspective and take a leader‐centric approach to examine how different leader emotional labour strategies affect leaders' own creativity. Using data collected from 118 leaders and 352 team members at three time points, we found that leader surface acting harmed leader creativity by reducing fulfillment of leader autonomy, while leader deep acting boosted leader creativity by increasing fulfillment of leader autonomy. Neither did leader surface acting nor deep acting influence leader creativity through competence or relatedness fulfillment. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the present research.