The Investigation of the Relations Between Paternalistic Leadership, Organizational Creativity and Organizational Dissent

The aim of the research is to find out the relationship between the paternalistic leadership behaviours of public primary school principals and teachers’ organizational creativity and organizational dissent perception levels according to the perceptions of primary school teachers. Correlational survey method was utilized in the research. The sample of the research consists of 1059 teachers working in public primary schools selected by methods of stratified sampling method in Mardin city center and 8 districts of Mardin during 2016-2017 academic year. The data of the research were obtained by using the “Headmasters’ Paternalistic Leadership Behaviours Scale”, “Organizational Creativity Scale” and “Organizational Dissent Scale”. The data analysis revealed the following findings: There was a positive and significant correlation between the paternalistic leadership behaviours of primary school administrators and teachers’ perceptions toward organizational creativity and organizational dissent and paternalistic leadership behaviors of primary school administrators were found to be a significant predictor of teachers’ perceptions toward organizational creativity and organizational dissent. The headmasters should exhibit benevolent leadership behaviours that enchance the teachers organizational creativity perceptions, such as endeavouring to create a family milieu in school, being tolerant of teachers and supporting teachers to take the initiative.

The Role of Strategic Brightness and Entrepreneurship in Achieving High Performance Gains

The current research deals with everything related to activating the contemporary leadership style for business organizations according to their modern models (developmental, results, integrative, personal), as the style is chosen according to the leader's strategic repertoire and his inspirational powers in a specific position.As a result of the rapid developments and rapid changes in recent years and the intensification of competition in the markets as a whole, which made most organizations guarantee for themselves survival and sustainability in the markets and the results of their work achieved by the management approach to controlling their work and this is done according to the perspective of ingenuity or organizational creativity with the support of their thinkers.From here, the researcher identified the problem of the research with the question that confirms the extent to which it is possible to benefit from the level of creativity in the minds of the leaders of our local institutions, and what is their role in getting rid of routine obstacles that increase organizational deterioration to reach the pioneering performance in all their businesses. The aim of the current research is to analyze and explore the degree of strategic brightness in the commercial sector in Basra, to diagnose the relative importance of the components of strategic leadership in the environment of commercial activity and to try to analyze the level of awareness of the issue of creativity as an initiative. The business of modern Basra, namely )Al-Madda and Al-Taif companies(, amounting to (25) individuals out of a total of (35) individuals, at a rate of (71%). Descriptive and inferential tests will be conducted, the aim of which is to test the correlation and influence relationships between the variables of strategic brightness and investment leadership to gain the benefits of high performance and competitive advantage based on creativity and leadership, starting from leading and extending towards the endless competition in the market.

Organizational creativity and sustainability-oriented innovation as drivers of sustainable development: overcoming firms' economic, environmental and social sustainability challenges

PurposeSustainable development is key to firms' competitiveness, survival, growth and profitability, although sustainability emerges as a great challenge. The aim of this study is to analyze the links between organizational creativity (which integrates sustainability orientation), sustainability-oriented innovation and the multidimensionality of firms' sustainability performance.Design/methodology/approachA total of 417 valid responses from manufacturing SMEs were collected through a questionnaire. PLS-SEM is the statistical technique used in the hypothesis testing.Findings Organizational creativity (which integrates sustainability orientation) and sustainability-oriented innovation are positively associated with economic sustainability performance, environmental sustainability performance and social sustainability performance; sustainability-oriented innovation has a partial mediation effect on the relationship between organizational creativity and economic, environmental, and social sustainability performance; and organizational creativity (which integrates sustainability orientation) has a positive effect on sustainability-oriented innovation.Originality/valueSustainability orientation is integrated into organizational creativity without limiting it, sustainability-oriented innovation encompasses innovation and sustainability in all its breadth without forgetting the innovation process openness, and firm's sustainability performance has a multidimensional approach. Such innovation and creativity contribute – in an interconnected way – to sustainable development, as well as overcoming sustainability challenges and firms' barriers to sustainability. Likewise, the aforementioned creativity must be implemented throughout the company, even beyond its contribution to the innovation process. Thus, the implementation of new ideas, thoughts, perspectives, views, and mental models – fruit of the described creative process – will generate new models and paths in which firms' profitability, growth and survival are related with overcoming environmental and social problems.

The effect of organizational support for creativity on innovation and market performance: the moderating role of market dynamism

PurposeRecent technological and social changes have challenged manufacturing firms to remain competitive in increasingly dynamic markets. A way of facing these challenges is to foster organizational structures that encourage creativity. Although the general importance of organizational creativity for market success is undeniable, few studies on manufacturing firms have provided a nuanced view of how this relationship is affected by firm-external factors (e.g. different levels of market dynamism) and whether and how this leads to greater market success.Design/methodology/approachThis research uses survey data from 255 chief executive officers (CEOs) and top managers of manufacturing firms in Germany. The authors performed different regression analyses to test for direct, mediation, moderation and moderated mediation effects.FindingsThe findings show that, in highly dynamic markets, organizational support for creativity indeed helps manufacturing firms to remain competitive by positively influencing firms' innovation performance, which subsequently results in improved market performance. By contrast, in markets with low dynamism, organizational support for creativity has no impact on firms' innovation and market performance.Research limitations/implicationsFrom a theoretical perspective, this study introduces market dynamism as a novel, so-far underexplored firm-external factor that moderates the relationship between organizational support for creativity and innovation and market performance. This research thus enhances the understanding of the dynamics of organizational creativity and its effects on innovation and market performance in an organizational context of manufacturing firms.Practical implicationsIn general, this research emphasizes the importance of establishing a creativity-supporting environment to enhance innovation and market performance. Most importantly, this relationship depends on whether firms are active in highly dynamic or stable markets. Managers should thus consider the level of (future) market dynamism when making decisions about creativity-supporting work environments.Originality/valueThis research provides novel insights into how organizational support for creativity influences innovation and market performance in the manufacturing industry and introduces market dynamism as an important moderating factor.

The main approaches to the study of creativity and innovation in the organizational context

The article analyzes the problem of studying the creativity and innovation of employees. The main approaches to defining the concepts of creativity and innovation are highlighted. The interconnectedness of these concepts through novelty as a common feature of innovation and creativity is substantiated. The key difference between creativity and innovation is identified, which is that the latter requires implementation, adoption, and dissemination. The idea also have to be relevant, useful, and effective to be considered innovative in the organizational context. Approaches to the study of creativity and innovation at 3 levels: micro (individual), meso (team), and macro (organizational) are described. The typical focus of individual level of analysis of creativity and innovation are determined: motivation, personality traits, purposefulness, self- concept, cognitive style, creative behavior. Research at the team level focuses on the analysis of team structure and composition, team climate, team processes, and leadership style. At the organizational level, attributes such as knowledge and networks, organizational structure and strategy, organization size, culture, organizational climate, environment, dissemination of innovation, and corporate entrepreneurship are analyzed. Organizational creativity is defined as the creation of a valuable, useful, new product, service, idea, or process by individuals working together in a complex social system. The relationship between manifestaion of creativity and innovation at different levels is highlighted. Taking into account the complexity of these concepts, the need for further empirical research on creativity and innovation in relation to a set of external factors is justified.

FLEXIBLE WELLBEING AND ORGANIZATIONAL CREATIVITY: PERSONALITY TRAITS ROLE

Organizational creativity is indispensable in a highly competitive and dynamic academic environment; and the role of individuals is mostly unquantifiable. Hence the study argued that the ideas, novel research output, patents, grants of the academic staff depend on the flexible wellbeing of the workforce which is at a low level in Nigeria. Thus, the paper investigated the role of personality traits on the relationship between flexible wellbeing and organizational creativity. The paper implemented a cross-sectional survey research design and collated data from six hundred and twenty-one academic staff ranked from Senior Lecturer to Professor from eight selected private universities in South-West, Nigeria through applying multi-stage random sampling technique. Reliable and validated tests were conducted on the adapted questionnaire before it was used for the study. The result from hierarchical regression analysis using SPSS add-on called process analysis revealed that personality traits have a moderating effect on the interactions between flexible wellbeing and organizational creativity (ΔR2 = 0.014, ΔF(1, 528) = 13.579, p < 0.05). Management to tailor wellbeing policies and practices to workers’ creative drive as there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to designing an effective flexible wellbeing strategy.