Transformational Leadership Behaviors and their Impact on Improving Sustainable Innovation In Organizations - Applied Study at the University of Information and Communication Technology

Abstract

The aim of this research is to identify how to shift from traditional leadership to transformational leadership in business organizations by identifying the nature of transformational leadership behaviors and its role in presenting a modern leadership model that focuses on practices that excite and motivate individuals and transform their relationship with leaders through the process of persuasion rather than authoritarianism towards subordinates. It also aims at clarifying the importance of sustainable creativity for modern organizations and its role in achieving the success of the organization. The practical application of the research was carried out at the University of Information and Communication Technology in Baghdad to verify the existence of relationship between the dimensions of transformational leadership and sustainable creativity in the organization in question. A questionnaire was distributed to a sample consisting of (50) of the advanced, middle and lower leadership cadre, and statistical analysis is conducted using (SPSS v25) program on the collected data, where it was found that there is a significant correlation relationship between transformational leadership dimensions (ideal influence, intellectual stimulation, consideration of individuality, inspirational motivation), and sustainable creativity in the organization under study, as well as a positive and moral impact of transformational leadership on sustainable innovation. The research recommends a number of recommendations, the most important of which is the necessity of training the leaders for the purpose of transforming them to the characteristics and skills of transformational leaders that are consistent with the emerging changes in today's world and the most important of which is encouraging organizations to achieve sustainable creativity.