Managerial Empowerment and Its Impact on Managerial Creativity: An Empirical Study in Greater Amman Municipality

Many organizations have collapsed due to lack of creativity and others have also made giant strides due to the creative and innovative ideas of the managers. Hence, creativity is important concept that can change the fortunes of organizations. This study has been conducted to examine the impact of the managerial empowerment on managerial creativity in Greater Amman Municipality. Managerial empowerment has been taken as independent variable. Freedom of choice, self-efficacy, and development of job has been used as the proxy dimensions of managerial empowerment. Moreover, managerial creativity has been taken as dependent variable. Creativity in the product, marketing creativity, and regulatory creativity have been used as the proxy dimensions of managerial creativity. Questionnaires have been used to collect data. The results highlighted that all the dimensions of managerial empowerment are statistically significant on the creativity in the product. The study recommended that proper attention should be paid to the empowerment of workers, especially in the lower administrative levels by encouraging them to take on responsibilities and to look at their mistakes in order to enhance the potential for creativity in Greater Amman Municipality.

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"The Impact of Executive Coaching on Self-Efficacy, ROI, and Corporate Strategy: An Empirical Study"

Academy of Management Proceedings ◽

10.5465/ambpp.2014.10669abstract ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 (1) ◽

pp. 10669

Author(s):

Dawn Newman ◽

Therese F. Yaeger ◽

Peter Sorensen ◽

Gina Hinrichs

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Executive Coaching ◽

Corporate Strategy ◽

The Impact

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Empirical Study on the Impact of Creative Self-Efficacy of College Student Entrepreneurs on Innovative Behavior

Science Journal of Business and Management ◽

10.11648/j.sjbm.20180605.11 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (5) ◽

pp. 93

Author(s):

Wang Nan

Keyword(s):

College Student ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Innovative Behavior ◽

Student Entrepreneurs ◽

Creative Self ◽

The Impact

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The impact of infrastructural change and regulation on entrepreneurial competitiveness in the South African telecommunications sector

South African Journal of Business Management ◽

10.4102/sajbm.v45i3.134 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 97-110

Author(s):

S. M. Oberholzer ◽

M. Cullen ◽

C. Adendorff

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

South African ◽

The South ◽

Independent Variables ◽

Significant Relationships ◽

Telecommunications Sector ◽

Fast Pace ◽

Independent Variable ◽

The Impact ◽

Global Drivers

The fast pace of technological advancements is regarded as one of the global drivers of change. In the telecommunications sector in South Africa, these technological advancements as well as sector transformation pose competitiveness challenges to entrepreneurs. This paper reports an empirical study performed to contribute to the promotion of entrepreneurial competitiveness within the telecommunications sector of the South African economy. From the empirical study, significant relationships proved to exist between the intervening- and independent variables and the dependent variable of this study, namely Perceived Entrepreneurial Competitiveness. The independent variable Infrastructural Change positively influenced both the intervening variable Entrepreneurial Orientation and dependent variable Perceived Entrepreneurial Competitiveness. In the same manner, the independent variables of Regulatory Alignment and Entrepreneurial Mindset did positively influenced Perceived Entrepreneurial Competitiveness within thisstudy. The study found that entrepreneurs can position their businesses more competitively if the factors that impact directly or indirectly on Entrepreneurial Competitiveness in the South African Telecommunications sector are taken in consideration.

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