The Role of Ethical Leadership Style in Enhancing Strategic Innovation: Analytical Study of The Faculty Board Members Sample Perceptions in Number of Private Universities in Erbil City During 2021

Chiman Ahmed Hamad Amin; Ahlam Ibrahim Wali

doi:10.25212/lfu.qzj.7.1.47

Authors

Chiman Ahmed Hamad Amin Department of Business Administration, College of Administration and Economics, Joint Master Program, Lebanese French University, and Salahaddin University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Ahlam Ibrahim Wali Department of Business Administration, College of Administration and Economics, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25212/lfu.qzj.7.1.47

Keywords:

Leadership, Ethical Leadership Style, strategic innovation, Private Universities, and Erbil City.

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to examine the role of ethical leadership style in enhancing strategic innovation based on faculty board members’ perceptions in some private universities in Erbil City during 2021. The research used a quantitative research method and applied a survey questionnaire as the data collection’s primary instrument. Thе research рорulatiоn соnѕiѕtѕ оf abоut 136 faсulty bоard mеmbеrѕ aѕ univеrѕity рrеѕidеntѕ, viсе рrеѕidеntѕ, dеanѕ, hеadѕ оf dерartmеntѕ, dерartmеnt raрроrtеurѕ, lесturеrѕ’ rерrеѕеntativеѕ, and ѕtudеntѕ’ rерrеѕеntativеѕ, wе managed 136 ѕurvеyѕ amоng faсulty bоard mеmbеrѕ tо willingly rеѕроnd tо thе quеѕtiоnnairе quеѕtiоnѕ, and finally, 120 ѕurvеyѕ wеrе оbtainеd fоr invеѕtigatiоn through using SPSS version 25. The correlation analysis showed significant relationships between two variables and their dimensions. The correlation between ethical behavior practices and strategic innovation was high, ensuring that the increased adoption of ethical behavior practices inevitably leads to an increase in the levels of strategic innovation in the universities studied. There was a high correlation between the availability of ethical behavior and strategic innovation. This shows that the mechanisms of the strategic innovation in the studied universities reached their peak whenever these universities focused on establishing a culture of ethical leadership. The results confirmed the strong influence of ethical leadership style on strategic innovation. The most substantial effect was between the availability of ethical behavior and strategic innovation. The variances analysis tests indicated no variances in ethical leadership style and strategic innovation according to the personal characteristics of the faculty board members.

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