Creative Leadership Research Articles

The ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN EMPOWERING HUMAN RESOURCES: ANALYTICAL RESEARCH IN SOME COLLEGES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD

The current research focuses on testing the role of social capital and the extent of its contribution to the effect to achieve the empowerment of human resources in the organization independently for a sample of the leaders of the University of Baghdad, as well as diagnosing the extent of the research sample’s interest in the research variables and its dimensions, as the indicative variable consists of social capital consisting of three dimensions ( The structural, relational, cognitive), and the responsive variable enable human resources from three dimensions (information sharing, knowledge possession, freedom and independence). ) An individual from the senior leaders in the colleges of the University of Baghdad, and the main research tool (the questionnaire) was distributed to them to survey opinions about the variables, where the research community was (91), distributed (91) questionnaires, and we received (84) valid questionnaires for statistical analysis. Data using statistical programs V24- Amos and statistical analysis program SPSS- V24, with the adoption of descriptive and inferential statistics methods represented by a number of statistical programs that were extracted Some of these programs (arithmetic mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, simple correlation coefficient, simple linear regression (Pearson), frequencies and percentages, (Komogorove-Simirnov test), coefficient (Alpha Cronbach), confirmatory factor analysis to extract the results. To the existence of a correlation and impact of creative leadership in social capital.

THE IMPACT OF CREATIVE LEADERSHIP ON EMPOWERING HUMAN RESOURCES: ANALYTICAL RESEARCH IN SOME COLLEGE OF UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD

The current research focuses on testing the role of creative leadership and its necessity and the extent of its contribution to the effect to achieve the empowerment of human resources in the organization independently for a sample of the leaders of the University of Baghdad, as well as diagnosing the extent of the research sample’s interest in research variables and its dimensions, as the indicative variable of creative leadership consists of five dimensions (sensitivity to problems , originality, fluency, flexibility, perseverance and risk), and the responsive variable is the empowerment of human resources from three dimensions (information sharing, knowledge possession, freedom and independence), The researcher used the questionnaire as the main means of data collection, and she employed the descriptive analytical method as a research method. The research sample included (84) individuals from the senior leaders in colleges, and the main research tool (the questionnaire) was distributed to them to survey opinions about the variables, where the research community was (91). ), the researcher distributed (91) questionnaires, and received (84) questionnaires valid for statistical analysis, and the data were analyzed using the statistical programs V24- Amos and the statistical analysis program SPSS- V24, , with the adoption of descriptive and inferential statistics methods represented by a number of statistical programs that were extracted from these programs (arithmetic mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, simple correlation coefficient, simple linear regression (Pearson), frequencies and percentages, Komogorove-Simirnov test, coefficient ( Alpha Cronbach), confirmatory factor analysis) to extract the results, and the researcher concluded that there is a correlation and impact of creative leadership in empowering human resources.

Art School of the Krasnoyarsk Region: Formation Features Analysis Through the Prism of the Fractal Concept

The article is based on a study aimed to the possibility of applying the fractal concept for the region’s artistic life study and the formation of its professional art education system. There are main features of the application of the fractal concept in this study, its subject is the activity of creative leaders at the initial stage of the formation of the professional art education system in Krasnoyarsk at the turn of the XIX–XX centuries. Historical analysis and historiographic approach for studying the formation of art education makes it possible to determine the key origin points of the regional art school, and due to use of an anthropological approach the role of the individuals in the periphery artistic life reveals, as well as the launch and coordination of self-organizing processes. There were a set of factors which determined the unique appearance of the regional art culture and the features of its educational tradition at the initial stage of the professional art education system formation which were manifested primarily through the activities of creative leaders: M. A. Rutchenko and P. I. Ivanov-Radkevich, who could be called as anthropological fractals. The main directions of their work and artistic and teaching methods made it possible to determine the basic provisions for the development of the culture of the region and important steps towards the historical, geographical and ethnographic self-identification in the culture and art of Krasnoyarsk

The boundary conditions of leader creativity expectations influencing employee creativity: job characteristic factors

This study included job autonomy and task dependence into the category of job characteristic factors, and expected to find out boundary conditions of leader creativity expectations affecting employee creativity. By sending questionnaires to 35 teams, 402 subordinates’ matching data were obtained and empirically analyzed. The results show that leader creativity expectations has a significant positive impact on employee creativity, and intrinsic motivation plays a significant mediating role in the relationship between them. Job autonomy positively moderates the relationship between leader creativity expectations and intrinsic motivation, and then enhances the indirect effect of leader creativity expectations on employee creativity through intrinsic motivation. Task dependence negatively moderates the relationship between leader creativity expectations and intrinsic motivation, and weakenes the indirect effect of leader creativity expectations through intrinsic motivation. The study enriches the relevant research framework and has practical significance for management practice.

창의적 리더십이 자기효능감 및 혁신행동에 미치는 영향: 항공산업을 중심으로

This study is to examine the structural relationship between creative leadership, self-efficacy and innovation behavior. Questionnaires that were answered by 257 airline employees of domestic airlines were subjected to final analysis. The collected data were subjected to multiple regression analysis using the SPSS 22.0 Statistic Program. The results of the study are as follows. First, creative leadership which includes personal leadership, problem-solving leadership, and social leadership had a positive influence on innovation behavior. Second, creative leadership had a partial positive influence on self-efficacy which includes cognitive efficacy, emotional leadership, and social leadership. Third, self-efficacy which includes cognitive efficacy had a positive influence on innovation behavior. Fourth, self-efficacy was verified as effective on mediating between creative leadership and innovative behavior. What is noteworthy in the results of this study is that cognitive efficacy acts as an important variable between creative leadership and innovative behavior. Practical implication and suggestions for future research are also discussed.

Strategi Manajemen Kepemimpinan Kepala Desa Melalui Pendampingan Berkelanjutan Peran SDGS Desa Dalam Peningkatan Pemberdayaan Tipologi Desa di Kawasan Pesisir

Background: Regional development is an issue and problem that is always interesting to study in various designs and strategies for sustainable development, including human development which is echoed in the concept of the Millennium Development Goals or known as the MDGs. a special area in Sukapeace Village, precisely in the coastal area. This service aims at Sustainable Assistance through Management of the Utilization of the Role of Village SDGS, in Empowering Increasing Economic Income of MSME Groups in Coastal Areas. Methods: The methods used in empowerment are lectures, discussions and direct practice which are carried out jointly by students, along with target groups, the community and the government (stakeholders). Result: the result of this activity is to get a creative leadership model to improve the leadership management strategy. Conclusion: so that the Sustainable Assistance for the Role of the SDGs in Bilato Village can increase the Empowerment of Village Typology in the Coastal Area of ​​Bilato Village, Bilato District, Gorontalo Regency.

Creative behavior and its relationship to the administrative leadership of secondary school principals in Al- Karkh/2 district in Baghdad governorate

The importance of research lies in the school administration and that the school is the main cell of the educational system and its ultimate goal, and therefore modern education requires the presence of sophisticated leaders represented in educational administration at various levels. Administrative leaderships and the two researchers' belief that the institution’s ability and success or failure depend on a special type of leader who is highly effective and efficient, directing workers ’behavior towards creativity and achievement in order to achieve the goals of the institution in serving the educational bodies, increasing the effectiveness of leadership and developing the creative behavior of secondary school principals in Al-Karkh Al-Thania directorate of education. The aim of the research was to determine the creative behavior of principals and the effectiveness of the administrative leadership of the principals. The two researchers used the descriptive approach in the survey method on a sample of secondary school principals, whose number (20) principle were distributed, and a measure of creative behavior and administrative leadership was prepared. Al-Karkh Al-Thania principles enjoy a good degree of creative behavior as well as they have a good degree of administrative leadership, and the two researchers recommended urging school principals to participate in development courses and conferences that contribute to raising their level in administrative work.

Administrative Creativity and Its relationship with Transformational Leadership in Scholastic Sport Activity Directorate in Baghdad from Physical Educators’ Point of View

The importance of the research lies in creative administration and transformational leadership as new topics that play an integral role in scholastic sport development. The researchers came up with a question that they aim to answer through this researcher: what is the relationship between creative administration and transformational leadership? They used the descriptive method on (250) physical educators in preparatory school. The data was collected and treated using proper statistical operations to conclude that physical educators have the ability to communicate with others and affect others positively. There is a relation between transformational leadership and creativity in physical educators.

Book Review: The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Robert Iger

Laying out the Vision and Executing It – the Disney Way There haven’t been many organizations which not just survive but continue to thrive during their lifespan. One of these is the Walt Disney Company, among the most valued firms (current market cap of $325 billion) in the world, an American diversified multinational mass media, and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in California.Having had a shaky start, with its predecessor having filed for bankruptcy, Disney has continued to innovate and evolve during its existence of nearly a century.The Ride of a Lifetimeis authored by Robert Iger, Disney’s sixth CEO since establishment in 1923 comes out as an absorbing business book. In the words of Bill Gates, “unlike most books on leadership, this one is worth the time”. He has already suggested it to several friends and colleagues, including Satya Nadella.

Interdisciplinary, International Exploration to Strengthen Creativity, Giftedness and Leadership

Creativity, giftedness, and leadership are complex, important phenomena, especially in the threatening turbulence of 21st-century conditions; consequently, there is an increasing need to understand how to strengthen them. We can learn much about these phenomena from within the borders of specialized disciplines; however, they are too complex and multifaceted to fit within the walls of disciplinary silos. Interdisciplinary explorations can reveal theories and research findings that expand our knowledge bases about creativity, giftedness, and leadership. This analysis includes the rationale for engaging in interdisciplinary investigations for these purposes. It includes examples of the ways in which interdisciplinary thinking invigorates creativity and cognitive diversity; illuminates the benefits of visual–spatial gifts that strengthen the development of important talents in gifted students who can go on to become creative leaders; and shows how human rights can be strengthened by constraining economic and political corruption. It also describes the benefits of using interdisciplinary navigation through different levels of analysis, each of which includes a number of academic disciplines.

Ambidextrous leadership: a narrative literature review for theory development and directions for future research

PurposeThis study seeks to provide a narrative literature review of existing empirical research, in order to better understand the processes and theory of ambidextrous leadership, as well as its influence on followers, employees and organizations.Design/methodology/approachData from 26 studies were extracted and synthesied providing a critical discussion about the methodological and theoretical aspects of the studies identified in the review.FindingsIt was revealed the attributes for an effective ambidextrous leader, it was presented the recently proposed concept of ambidextrous leadership theory and it was noticed the main criticisms against the findings of the extant ambidextrous leadership literature. It was also identified many research gaps in the literature which in turn can guide academics in the development of ambidextrous leadership.Research limitations/implicationsThe ambidextrous leadership theory represents a novel and unique approach to the domain of leadership for creativity and innovation. It is shared across hierarchical levels throughout the organization. Leaders have a significant effect on employees' behaviors and should determine its applicability to different situations. Organizations require ambidextrous managers who combine flexible, situational and versatile leadership styles developing ever increasingly new and divergent ideas. Many research gaps in the literature were also identified that can guide academics in the development of ambidextrous leadership.Practical implicationsUnderstanding that ambidextrous leadership is required to significantly influence ambidexterity and innovation allows organizations to direct their leadership selection and development.Originality/valueThis review contributes to the ambidextrous leadership literature by creating a holistic picture of where it has been and where it should go.

Practices of creative leadership: A qualitative meta‐analysis in haute cuisine

Creative leadership has been studied in different collaborative contexts that can be summarized as facilitating employees' creativity, directing the realization of the creative vision of a leader and integrating different and diverse creative contributions. In this paper, we present the findings from a qualitative meta‐analysis of literature‐based accounts of chefs' creative leadership practices from the context of haute cuisine. We bring together both the leader‐chefs' and academic authors' understandings of practices available in scholarly papers to achieve a credible picture of creative leadership practices in haute cuisine. We present our findings as a meta‐vignette introducing nine prototypical characters representing patterns of practices that leader‐chefs perform as they are fostering creativity. We further demonstrate when and how leader‐chefs employ practices that are more typical of facilitating and integrating contexts. The nine characters afford an immediate intuitive understanding of the creative leadership practices in haute cuisine, helping scholars to look for and analyse creative leadership and support creative leaders to understand better and be more mindful of their practices.

The relationship of creative leadership with crisis management for the secondary stage in public schools in Jeddah from the teachers' point of view: علاقة القيادة الإبداعية بإدارة الأزمات للمرحلة الثانوية في المدارس الحكومية بمدينة جدة من وِجهة نَظر المعلِّمات

The study aimed to discover the relationship between practicing creative leadership and school management crisis among female educational leaders of publicsecondary schools in Jeddah from the latter’s’ perspectives. The study adopted adescriptive, correlational-relational research design and used a questionnaire to randomly collect data from a sample of (357) female teachers during the first semester of the 1441/1442AH academic year. Findings revealed that female school leaders practice creative leadership, and school crisis management at a high degree, whereby, accommodation and cooperation styles ranked first and second respectively, and avoidance style ranked last. Findings also showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of (0.5 = α) between the means of the degree of creative leadership and crisis management practices referred to the difference in experience. Moreover, results showed a positive correlation between the degree of creative leadership and crises management practices. The study recommended holding events in the education and schools’ management that highlight the role of creative leadership and its impact on enhancing schools’ ability to manage and face crises, along with offering training courses aboutcrisis management, and encouraging relevant practices by teachers and staff members.

THE DEGREE OF CREATIVE LEADERSHIP PRACTICE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL EPILEPSY AMONG DEPARTMENT HEADS FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF FACULTY MEMBERS AT WASIT UNIVERSITY

The study aimed to identify the relationship between creative leadership and organizational conflict management among department heads from the viewpoint of faculty members at Wasit University. In order to find out the differences according to the variables of gender and specialization, the study sample consisted of (200) male and female teachers from the study population, they were chosen by the simple random method, and the researcher adopted the descriptive correlative approach to conduct the study. The two tools of the study consisted of a questionnaire of (40) items to measure lateral leadership and (36) items to manage organizational conflict prepared by the researcher. The results of the research data were analyzed using the (SPSS) program, The results of the research showed that the degree of creative leadership practice of academic department heads was high, and the results indicated that the level of organizational conflict management for academic department heads was high, and there was a positive relationship between the practice of creative leadership and the level of organizational conflict management for department heads from the viewpoint of faculty members at Wasit University and in In light of the results of the research, the researcher presented a number of recommendations, including continuity in maintaining the degree of practice of creative leadership and management of organizational conflict, as well as deepening and increasing awareness of the importance of creative leadership, and continuity in raising awareness of organizational conflict management methods through training and informing them of the advanced and renewable global experiences and proposing to conduct similar studies in Iraqi universities‎. Keywords: Practice, Creative Leadership, Organizational Conflict Management, Heads of Departments, Wasit University

Edwin P. Hollander (1927-2020).

Memorializes Edwin P. Hollander (1927-2020). Hollander was a major figure in the study of group and organizational leadership. He received his BS from Case Western Reserve University in 1948, his MS in psychometrics, working with Robert Thorndike in 1950, and his PhD in social psychology from Columbia University in 1952. After serving as a naval aviation psychologist during the Korean War, Ed began his academic career at Carnegie Mellon, initiating work on leadership that led to a 20-year research program at the State University of New York at Buffalo where he was also founding director of the doctoral program in social/organizational psychology and provost of social sciences. In 1989, he became the City University of New York Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Baruch College until his retirement in 1999. During his career, he had many visiting appointments, including the Tavistock Institute, Harvard, Oxford, the National Academy of Sciences, and Istanbul University. Hollander also served as president of the Eastern Psychological Association and American Psychological Association (APA) Division 1, APA's Board of Social and Ethical Responsibility for Psychology (BSERP), and on the Governing Council of the International Society of Political Psychology. He received a distinguished career award from the International Association of Applied Psychology, the International Leadership Association, the Network of Leadership Scholars, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Center for Creative Leadership. His landmark books, including Leaders, Groups, and Influence (1964) and Leadership Dynamics (1978), positioned leadership as an influence process occurring at the nexus of leader, followers, and organizational context. Ed emphasized the importance of an engaged followership to the study of leadership, rather than focusing primarily on the leader. He is perhaps best known for the idiosyncrasy credit model, a framework that details how follower perceptions affect leader behavior. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

UNDERSTANDING THE DIMENSIONS OF CREATIVE LEADERSHIP: A STUDY AMONG SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN BANGALORE

The purpose of the study is to understand the dimensions of creative leadership, develop a questionnaire for principals to measure creative leadership,and conduct a pilot study. A stratified random sampling technique was adopted to study among 88school principals from varioustypes of school management like government, private aided, and private schools from urban and rural Bangalore. This study presents a framework for understanding creative leadership based on the previous review of the literature. The present research reveals a new perspective of understating creative leadership in terms of Personal Creativity Traits (PCT) and Professional Leadership Practice (PLP)among principals at the schoollevel. The personal creativity traits include risk-taking& learning from failure, originality of ideas,openness towards others’ ideas, and belief&value system. Professionalleadership includesfour practices which are discovering opportunities&problem solving, envisioning the future &inspiring a shared vision, enabling collaboration & strengthening the team, and encouraging the emotional connect in the team. The reliability and validity of the Creative Leadership Tool for Principals (CLTP)are also discussed. The finding of the studyindicates that there was no influence of the type of school management on certain aspects of Personal Creativity Traits (PCT) and Professional Leadership Practice (PLP). There is no significant difference in the urban and rural locations of Bangalore with certain aspects of Personal Creativity Traits (PCT) and all the subdomains of Professional Leadership Practice (PLP).

Leading change for creativity in schools: mobilizing creative risk-taking and productive failure

ABSTRACT Emerging research points to the importance of developing the capacities of teachers to help their students to be creative risk takers and to learn from productive failure. Facilitating this creative risk taking in learners has been shown to require expertise and a degree of risk taking on the part of both teachers and educational leaders. This article explores perspectives about leadership for creativity and risk taking, using Kurt Lewin’s theory of change, especially his idea of ‘unfreezing’. It is based on a case study of a school principal and six year 8 teachers at a private school in Melbourne, Australia. Using qualitative interview data, the principal’s perspective about change is explored and compared to how teacher participants enacted change in their practice as reported in a focus group. Examples from classrooms are reported from the perspective of teachers. The findings suggest that enacting creative risk and productive failure as pedagogical principles is a complex area of change, embedded with tensions between the realization and idealization of a leadership vision and critically involves the disposition of students. Meaningful enactment requires support from leadership and a willingness from teachers to be open to such ideas in the multidimensional space of classrooms.

A Creative Pursuit to COVID-19 Intensive Care Team Performance: Role of Shared Leadership and Leader Creativity Expectation

Research has consistently demonstrated that shared leadership produces a wide range of positive outcomes. These studies, however, generally are about teams working in normal circumstances, and it is not clear whether and how shared leadership may bring benefits to the teams working in Covid19-ICU. This study draw from team motivation theory and self-fulfilling prophecy at work model to suggest that shared leadership enhances team performance through team motivational processes (i.e. team creativity goal generation and team creativity goal striving). Findings of the empirical analysis of time-lagged data collected from 75 doctors teams working in Covid19-ICU support most of the hypotheses. Findings suggest that shared leadership is indirectly related to team performance through team creativity goal generation and team creativity goal striving. Furthermore, Leader creativity expectations moderations the relationship between shared leadership, team creativity goals generation and team performance. Theoretical contributions and implications for management are discussed in the later sections.

Co-creating Possible Futures of Light, Beyond Lighting. A Hybrid Approach: Format Design, Preliminary Findings, and Reflexive Learnings From a Foresight Practice, Based on a Creative Industry Event Series

The research context for this article is a specific lighting industry professional event, focusing on the possible future of light across the dimensions of body, object (both human-scale and building), and metropolis. Light becomes the theme to generate visions and insights about longer term developments from personal, social, and business viewpoints. The event was designed as a location-specific format for the multi-awarded Silo 486, Helsinki, by Lighting Design Collective. The format is inspired by Brian Eno’s 1970s “Oblique Strategies,” therefore an approach derived from fine arts and popular culture, within the constructivist episteme. The specific target of this event is thought leaders and/or the next generation of architectural, design, and creative industry leaders, with an invitation list of 15–20, selected according to the “Elite Club” open innovation principle (Verganti et al., 2008). The event was held three times, from 2014 through 2016, during the Helsinki Design Week, as integral part of its program. The authors were main initiator and moderator of the event, as they designed the format in 2014.

Audit of Digital Civic Space in the Modern School: from Teacher to Creative Leader

The article is dedicated to modern approaches to development of digital civic space of the modern school, which is a new phenomenon in Ukraine. A brief analysis of results of recent scientific researches that raise the issue of digital citizenship in postmodern times is given. Theoretical principles and practical experience of European countries to create a digital civic space are considered. Definitions of “civic consciousness” and “digital citizenship”, “creativity”, “postmodernism” are given. Modern approaches to development of digital competence of participants in the educational process are singled out. Vision of the Council of Europe on the components of digital citizenship is considered, which is seen as empowering students and acquiring the necessary digital skills for successful self-realization in the postmodern era. A brief description of the Conceptual Model of Digital Citizenship Education adopted by the Council of Europe is given, emphasizing the importance of systematicity and consistency in its implementation. Prerequisites for achieving results of this Conceptual Model are generalized and highlighted. Tools for auditing the digital civic space of a modern school are proposed, which allows to determine the level of development of basic skills of a digital citizen in all participants in the educational process. The main audit methods for this tool are surveys, audit of school records and determination of access to digital technologies. The importance of integrating the content of the Conceptual Model of Education on Digital Citizenship into the content of subjects is emphasized, which should be reflected in the school documentation at different levels: from the Educational Program to the teacher’s lesson plan. Criteria and indicators for auditing the school’s digital civic space are detailed.